Tagged: disturbance
thirty-odd minutes
thirty-odd minutes
after midnight, the neighbors
launched half-a-dozen
fireworks, determined to
light the way for santa’s sleigh
.
20211225:0724
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in the middle of
in the middle of
the night, drip, drip, drip – the brain
attaches itself,
logging on, tapping in, waiting
for the next awakening drip
.
20200920:1245
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so much pain and love
so much pain and love
goes into a real shouting
match – a lifetime spent
fueling each other can wake
even the neighbors, naturally
.
20161118:0142
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some adjustments mask
some adjustments mask
the pain better than others –
how the mind goes from
setting one to setting two
or three is all in the wrist
.
20160803:0303
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periodically,
periodically,
the heart gets loosened, rattles
in the middle of
the night, to a mysterious
rhythm, waking everything
.
20160803:0222
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5:08 a.m., i am awake,
5:08 a.m., i am awake,
5:18 a.m., the birds are
awake. we converse in
brainwaves, not to leave
out the man in the truck
braking at the light,
the old woman collecting
discarded bottles along
the block, and the overcast
sky, withholding
rain and my slumber
.
20160505:0527
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two a.m. in the
two a.m. in the
morning, christmas eve or day – it’s
all a blur, lying
awake in the dark, high sixties,
three mosquito bites in winter
.
20151225:0235
y
like a collector
like a collector
of sounds, i am penciling
in 5:42 A.M. in a
box the size of my
heart for when the
birds started calling
to one another this
morning, at once
hopeful and urgent
.
20150522:0606
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waking before the
waking before the
6:32 sunrise is
like walking along
the corridors of the
music building and
searching for an
available practice
room through
eavesdropping.
the hallway is a
symphony, and somehow,
when the sun finally
rises, all the birds
fall silent,
except that one,
and you know for sure
that you are awake
.
20150521:0646
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