we are dragons

still tethered
to sheep

back in the day before
the dog made its eleventh
hour appearance
just ahead of the boar

back in the day when
our teeth were carefully
dulled, our snout
strapped –

our roars were shaped
only to follow.

we never scorched

never exercised our
wings

and above all

we never let out the dragon
fueling our dragon hearts
.
20080304:2026

i filled my suitcase
with sadness, hope, then longing
and forgot
to get on the train
.
20080304:2250
y

i’m not into acting
under coercion
the way i used to be
the walls
with which you press
in
no longer contain me
you can call my
bluff or simply step
inside and take a look
.
20080207:0953

(for y)

i wear your absence like a bell
which summons
a resonating solitude
at every which direction, with
the slightest of vibrations
you say i am a dragon
and of course i should
be wearing something
so lonely, so dazzling
.
20080207:1541

you can use the word, “heartbreaking”
and it will be
you can use the word, “empty”
and it will be
you can use the word, “devastating”
and it will be
you can use the word, “hopeless”
and it will be
you can use the word, “forever”
and it won’t be
.
20080207:1604

when you mislabel things
and let them go
scattering across the
marble tiles, they make
a clatter
louder than December
and it is this picking up step
that i must refine
but the signs are slippery
and i can hardly
recognize your cold,
cold mouth
.
20080207:2324
y