toy elephant;

(on it, polished steel pressable plate.

half asleep, images appear; theatre:)

soft bronze copper layers tear apart
like cheap metallic finish paper;
real Inca relic in my mind appears
reeled in choleric magic 'cross

-- Darién; tarry in -- 

jungles fever leper care and never
better never care to jump on lever
sat; isfy the hunger never left in
sickness and in health

til better picked your wealth
of experience us do part, wealth
of experience to impart
in groceries of health and desire

you pick apart;
you pick a part.

grace

the rustle of the nightshade

leaves no doubt of present

grace; companies in arms

of brothers;

sisters, save us from ourselves!

for those who pretend are pretentious;
and those who discover discoverers.

delay and reverb

too much knowl(will hurt you)edge
are the beats than i process
(more can), granules are possess
(what i), shuffling by,
into recess;
release.

higic

It feels good,
It feels _right_ to give You praise;
and though I lack the faith,
and though logic, restraint
may dictate in other ways:
I will give You thanks and praise.

walk

draw Tagore:
along long crawl,
though pierced with thorns
on dustbowl road
where bandits roam
with swords all drawn
while shawled men do not stop
to help;

says Tagore:
"Ekla Chalo Re" --
walk alone.

waffle

(all the people, so many people...)

on the edge of my seat
my heart skipped a beat
when small paul and his badger
came to town

to wake from our slumber
their lyrics no meaning
it's just a life-feeling
it's foie de vivre;

so then, while sounds
drift through the ether
from oxen park to 2nd floor litter
allow me unfettered words:

life-feeling glows
amid hope of ember.

without sin

rescue me from myself:

save me, like no one else

can, he who knows suffering

without sin;

and kens the mess we're in.