Carousel tilt
Hell on wheels
Universe in universe
Lip to lip
A wave a wave a wave

message send failure
an accidental mullet
a bird on the wire
broken bones
faulty valves
ungiven gifts
welling eyes
icy pavement

the view is everything
from here,
in my lair.
this view is everything;
the night sky
the trees covered in ivy
covered in snow.
the icicles on the window.
the blanket on
my body,
the sun in my mind.

it’s winter,
stagnant.
verses unwriting themselves
before they’ve begun,
and when i close my eyes
i see the moon in grey and blue and silver and white.
and for a moment the air is warm
and for a moment i am happy
because i know i didn’t imagine
that smile.

it seems that this night,
i feel very strongly
that i need something
made of feathers.

do you, all covered in gold
curse the day
you met me?

a seed in a stone,
the blood and the sand.

the spark caught fire
and i saw a slowly
rotating snowflake on a
black blue background