A Full Life

Nobody wants to see a full life in a book of poetry
They want you to spread it out
And categorize it
As if that is the way that life actually works
Like movies - taking heightened experiences and making it seems like that is a whole life
Of everyone but you
So everything we are watching
Or reading
Makes us feel crazy
Like our quirks or our boredom: those things are irregular
What is irregular
Is
The insanity of focusing on one section of your life at a time
Of keeping this neatly out of the way
Of never using the bathroom
Or making a mess on your face
Of having perfect teeth
White and not yellowed by coffee
Even though coffee is consumed in every episode

Sky Search

When you want to weep...

Do so

For there are times when we must weep,
And let tears fall in hot sultry puddles to the counter-top;

It washes things clean,
And things are in desperate need of cleansing -
But do not end your days in this pile of disaster and cleansing and refinery's fires:
Look up!

Because -


There are still birds...
                                                 There are still birds.