even bugs leave smudges
on despicably clean things.
years are live coals,
do not keep in pockets.
the well-earned scab
carries no shame–
even the earth groans
between giant sidewalk cracks.
several trillion hourglasses
broke for this one sand,
and how many more
for the glass.
a grass stain is a miracle,
blood of the sun
holeyness all-revealing:
my heels will glow
with callous kisses
carrying small things
like the world
Dec 23, 2014
Dec 23, 2014 at 11:13 PM UTC
even bugs leave smudges
on despicably clean things.
years are live coals,
do not keep in pockets.
the well-earned scab
carries no shame–
even the earth groans
between giant sidewalk cracks.
several trillion hourglasses
broke for this one sand,
and how many more
for the glass.
a grass stain is a miracle,
blood of the sun
holeyness all-revealing:
my heels will glow
with callous kisses
carrying small things
like the world
