PERSPECTIVE
The ibis of OZ
has a very funny schnoz
Yet other ibises it seems
see long crooked noses in their dreams
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HERMIT ENVY
HERMIT ENVY
The thing about being alone
is finding someone to lie to
about how good it feels
REINCARNATION BY LOON
REINCARNATION BY LOON
Now there’s a sound
you could take anywhere
and remember when you returned
TASTE
TASTE
The taste buds
of the young we are told
are more sensitive
than those of the old
While there is still pleasure
in a snowflake on the tongue
it is more difficult to tell of late
if they have six feet or eight
BACKYARD AUSTIN
BACKYARD AUSTIN
Limestone rings the pool
koi swim in an ancient sea
RED RANCH BARN
RED RANCH BARN
Look how swallows thread the sky
B.J. Buckley
Watching them swoop and loop
from the window of the loft again
would mend some tears in the years
MODERN TIMES
MODERN TIMES
Between the horse and the tractor
falls the shadow of too much light
Molecules molested day and night
and the milky way has turned
from whole to skim to gone
A FUNNY STORY
A FUNNY STORY
In the dream I say to brother Wally
you’re going to have to tell the story
or the milk I drank way back then
is going to come out my nose again
MRI-KU
MRI-KU
Brain science woes
they are looking at poetry
reading it as prose
A FROSTY FRIDAY
A FROSTY FRIDAY
The cat comes in
on little fog feet
steps softly to the center
of your best Persian rug
and arches up her grassy lunch