mean beam bottom ***** without reluctance. \ air above \ since forever baby boy: since forever liquid sparkler.
he has sense & peanut butter jelly geography to his page. his romance is of the west. his eyes are of dandelions kicked & to the wind. he moves like ancient turtle migration. reaches feet to sidewalk \ sand to depths \ ride \
night: velcro-tightened mind withstanding. party lights, ***** willows, retro punch, he is orpheus descending: with all the elements positioned just so. \ jellyfish electric \ he says he likes the loneliness. he says itβs the water.
& so he moves \ wills himself into the next measure. liquid resolute bits. so move \ orca \ curl of eye \ so ride \ black rollo wave \ basilica \ & \ coral reaches below \\\
he likes to tell it, with warmed exaggeration. slow-motion buffalo stampede. ride the railroads free & easy. orange glowing bars of elsewhere. oscillating seal calls. oily portland hipsters howling on the beach. those juno cheeked rosy-red lips. somewhere, sister getting married. spring, summer, fall, winter, spring. africa ******* a branch of a tree of a forest, overlooking elephant burial grounds. color & white material: plantations, gas stations, diners, & sharks.
this is the morning lunar \ sweet blue beach of the old & awakening. he crawls out & into her breaks. her deep heights & bombora reef. the serotonin functions twice, exposed between thin tissues of warm-blooded neurochemistry. human, shown. he is as a raw page, blank, yet dipped \ \ so ride \ bulbous waves of air mother agua \ ride \ & \ ride \ & brew by light these occurrences forever.
previously published in the Susquehanna Review http://media.wix.com/ugd/387c1e_b3d8de732bd84e88923496bcea98bdb1.pdf