rolodex strokes

what i can remember
bears forgettting.

flip into existence
then out again.

jealous mockingbird attacks
whoever gets near the nest.

hanging just this side:
bed, embrace, sleep.



everynight i make promises
that morning breaks.


every morning, the hairshirt
the whipping board, the alien invasion.

how like a ghazal
this is isn't.

voices outside
voices within
the electromagnetic songs
of the earth.

time, life,
collusional bargains.