Showing posts with label Surprise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surprise. Show all posts

Sunday, February 5, 2012

An Excavation in Suburbia


Sky claw
Descending down
Into sediment—
Sacred and softly astir

All stand in awe
As burrowing persists
Deeper the grave
Wider the gaze

Clunk, clank
Metal to steel
Gasps arise
As ghosts appear

Crisis management’s
Focal point
The most enthusiastic
Face yet to blink

Dusty residue
Discomforts the breathable

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Hiccups and Short Straws(That Jarring Motion)


That jarring motion—
An emotion of intangibility,
A thrashing swathe of ambushed glee,
Gelid-frozen-numb to all but thee

…Stranger things have come to pass
Judgmental and arterial
Walls of clang—click, click, click-itsy-bitsy-clang
Spraying nonce words along the river’s rhyme
Brae, Brae, Bye Brae, Bye-Bye

Conundrums, elegies—displaced—hammocking,
 Broken in form, not in tone—slowly, waywardly directions, slingshots blissfully— swaying through, garden gates and the ever, almost haunting presence, presents of thoughts of you

Volumes, large, small, slim and fat, broach the shelves—where hidden histories oft collapse—to the tidal process of bookend failure, sliding just enough to get the domino’s a-wobbling

That Jarring motion—
Where once you get past initial discomfort, hiccups either hurt or make you laugh.

To those who draw the short straw, just remember, it will take you a longer time, to sip the drink, which too, can either be, good or bad.

That jarring motion—
When insides ache
That jarring motion—
That drives sleep’s wake
That jarring motion—
Some clamor for—
That jarring motion—
Others abhor.
         I for one, think being open to surprise is both shock and fun.