let me tell you what
happiness is
when a tooth stops
aching and like-
wise a heart..

feathers-
a nom de plume
light and sweet
a mystery

heavy or less..
look close
read the signs
are we not blessed..

feathers-
what is heaviest
a tonne of them
or a tonne of stone

or your heart or mine..
good question..
examine one minutely
and god you may see!

feathers-
emily said,
hope is a thing
with them..

woody said
without them..
we say,
one in our cap!

there is the miracle
of creation
perfection..

i

a hat-
can be
what one
wants´ it
to be-

(a list of
synonym or
antonym-make your own!)

it can be time,
it can save you
from a beating..

sun and rain,
marc said,the hat
that caused a revolution?

a man who saves
a space
for a quarter

another man wants
to parc his car..
a dough nut..

cherries were popular
an avacado
you name it..

ii

names-march around the
column-they veil our vision
in the crystal corridors
they trip fron gilded tongues

and we say-a hat-and discard
it and lay in the shadows of dust
-a feather as a reward
lovers of the first touch..

clever, this is one
of those words
i have never done-

my shoulders touch
my ears and i look
into the void-

if you can explain time
or talk your way out
of a beating

then who am i to say..
if you can do the latter
by the former..then..

ii

then ..hats off..
i mourn the demise of
the hat-

a hat might
explain time or..
or not..