yellow basil leaves and obscene art meet the open eyes,
science equations make for bruised paper and
bicycle shadows cream wall,
students make good start.

sitting as a stranger
tap tap
cook makes cornbread
and light
conversation

as a dreamer, in a particle splits the path of thought,
like mud under my fingernails and crystal shells.
Arkansas is driving me insane
come one come all she's the
fare-st if you fall.

neck burned as a fingerprint, itches sore in trash days,
conspiracies and deputies
looking still more strange.

can determined minds build a staircase of reason?
up to a future, teasing
me out in the open
with your temper words.

you never know
what turn your life takes next
for life is raw.

what is the next insane folly
you are to play next?
Stare in eyes of your Dolly
But never kiss her*

Nothing really matters
In the sea of time that is given
Write more letters
For days will pass by,
And they will be the only thing to remember.

Do insane things,
Get some cigarettes at 2 am
While drunk and naked.

Forget something,
Or keep it to remember
In  warm month of November
Overflow with joy.

Dance around the church naked with your friends
Laugh hard and drink quickly
One day it’s all going to end
So do it weekly.

I think of you and I think of your laughter
Your hugs and jokes and wry smiles
Running around chasing eachother
Tumbling in the grass
Those sweet shy and bold kisses you'd brush my cheeks with
And of course
Your eyes