Today I saw an impressive colored sky
One color, deep nuance
of strange dark blue,
almost purple blue
as far as the eyes could see.
Not one  cloud in sight.
And what took my breath away,
yes I smiled ,
was a snow globe like moon.
Very rare.
A bright yellow sickle at the bottom
and a thin line shaping the globe.
Inside little yellow dots.
It was a snow globe moon.
It followed me to work at 6 am
It was my Christmas moon
and made my day.




Shell ✨🐚

The clock on the wall
Keeps making faces
In an endless teasing
Of my time soon to come

Lots of books
But movies are more fun
Libraries are quiet
Surely She's the One!

I like universities
But just to walk around
Everybody knows
I am the newsboy of this town

Might be a 5th volume
Mr. Markson might
Solo in New York City
Last lone American Night

Ms. Sally Hemings
Her children small and brown
Me in San Francisco
Not a man of much renown

Batman for my son
Sleeping late for me
Minneapolis St. Paul
Arthur Edens: Milwaukee

                2023

winter slowly digests me
it's hard to process
standing in the spaces
between the void of pain and
the void of ecstasy
(any void is just the unbearability
of fullness)
no violin can invent
some tears
my eyes not split
searching for
a tree-womb
to shelter my skin
and slow my cells
to the decency
of breathing,
to unearth
the old tale
gently
like an offering

And when the darkness comes
I'll remember this moment.
Where we held out our hearts
& filled them with faith-

hopeful,

To
    be
        free.