Watcher, eyes shielded, above us on cliffs you perch
I know you, a gilded crescent is your mouth
your tongue--a forked serpent
down the rocky crags you sprint, breathless
down the rocky crags you sprint, breathless
to the steamy ponds and myths of Jurassic vegetation
whil

A man tries to sell a flower to a little girl
elsewhere a building is on fire
a crowd of pedestrians stands transfixed.
Ella and Henry are in love
they go roller skating Fridays
to celebrate.
A small dog watches them and thinks about snow
on another planet far away,

I must go down to the sea tonight
I must go down to the water
I think I run my hands down the sleek body of a seal
and see how it turns its head and snaps at me with yellow teeth
oh so many things are not what they seem
O fraudulent and selfish perception

a bear lived i

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
it is the night of our our dear savior's birth
long lay the world in sin and plagues of locusts
till he appeared and the stuff got more awesome

the wisemen came and gave him all the presents
for he was born, even though he was a

The sun was cold though bright
and the air stung our lungs like poisoned glitter
in an early morning fugue
of confusion and dreariness.

The world was a bitter freezing nickel,
dropped on the brittle winter ground
the world lay there, the world lay there
glinting bal

Samantha,
you didn't tell me that it might hurt this bad.
the first girl in a long line of men
the first girl I ever had
when you left me, I thought that I would die.
Samantha, oh Samantha
why did you lie?

Samantha,
why'd you let me fall so in love with you? <

The Quiet World:
I curl around the bottom of this tree and I place my hands down into the
cool wet grass the cool wet grass
I will later to climb.
But for now my hands merely place
in the cool wet grass

An important time is coming--
this heralds an important time

When will my heart be free of you?
you fly away on mended wings
you who were a turtle now a bird
you who were a turtle now a bird

soaring like a condor in the sky
the trumpets there were my idea
the rest was yours as always
the rest was yours as always