Like Magic

On the forehead

At each spate-cleansed cheek

Upon the hands

Anointed

I claimed the habit,

I learned.

My cloak threaded with silence

Notes beneath confined

courteously reduced —

fade words, fade

Looking at the Derveni Papyrus

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insolvent

love me or look upon me with disdain,
like me or consider me irrelevant, 

this person before you

this that I am
the glue you're too bored to find a solvent for

I am your creation, Magister. 

Anxious Times in New York

that anger shivered like an autumn leaf
as the angler celebrated his pyrrhic victory

paths diverged to opposite sides of the day
and wounded by the barb

yes, I glimpsed backwards
as you may have surmised

to a strut, to a stroll,

to a cup of coffee tall
and the plaid hips she had

Acknowledgement

Snowdrops in snow

An anthology of them

At the clearing a wind howls

The sound reiterated

I observe the plant’s growing habit 

Stem piercing earth

A petal has been detached 

Fantastical visions — snow falling

Light brushings — a passing stroke

I reach for spectacles: 

Our world revealed 

Less placid but more silent

Crowded snowdrops in bud in snow

And one page, one, one page

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