Tagged: cards
it’s human to build
it’s human to build
shelter with whatever is
available to
us – a deck of cards, sand, snow,
the spirit, other people
.
20210224:2018
y
there are levels
there are levels
to these patterns –
the human brain
sears onto a go-to
memory card
the image of
young urban
thing standing
in front of
establishment with
the word trouble –
i am asking you to
flip through several
cards down for
the one that is
grayer, with patterns
more painful
to access,
those invisible
interlocking systems
.
20180528:0943
y
relief trades playing
relief trades playing
cards with pain, sometimes also
with fear, there are no
winners, nor losers in the
end, only ephemeral fools
.
20170808:2016
y
in the middle of
in the middle of
the night, the mind runs
errands the body
pretends to know
nothing about,
reshuffles everything
we’ve said or felt or
said we’ve felt
so that there are
new hands to play
by morning, with
over two-point-five
million possibilities
hidden beneath
our poker faces
.
20160816:0148
y
i only need to
i only need to
sleep until the sun comes up –
my brain is playing
blackjack with my body, and
neither is doubling down
.
20130831:0559
y
part of keeping it
part of keeping it
in is not
letting it show –
it’s only a game
as long as there
are still cards
off the table,
contours to
be revealed
.
20120727:0820
y
on Wednesday, you
on Wednesday, you
came with your best
poker face and such
distracting lashes to
hold your cards well
.
20110104:2224
y
it is common sense
it is common sense
versus the heat –
the cards are ready
to fold, the dice
melting
.
20100725:1457
y
y 