Ode to Trella

Memory, that's all there is
her hands and habits
quite good, a hard worker
with such an old name.
Look harder.

The New World Order at Sabra and Shatilla

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, center, kicks the ball as Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Mokdad, right, blocks the road along with opposition lawmaker Ibrahim Kenaan, left, during a friendly soccer match played by lawmakers from the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group and their allies alongside politicians in the Western-backed parliamentary majority at Beirut's Sports City, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Rival Lebanese politicians took their battles to the playground Tuesday with a friendly soccer match to mark the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of the country's 1975-90 civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Lote Tree

And still there is more
Saintpaulia
how tiny you are
the smallest
flower or you are
a dangerous mind
boggling dragon to
pursue us dragging
mysterious around
the dusty old cosmos
how your petals
sparkle and those too
are small and creep
into the outraged eye
like criminals
bright dainty sparkles
the sun comes up
glistening now
in the window
which is also
dangerously small
particularly thin
between the wind
that might have
touched the fragrant
Bouillon of stars
and the air inside
of this cozy container.
How many stars
would it take
to put out
your nuptial glitter?
In comparison
how trite
to see you there
and wonder.

Evidence of Water found on lunar surface

The Discharge

Alright so tomorrow
the plan is capillary
refill, premixed solutions,
answers and denials.
We spoke briefly on the phone
today, left on Patagonia,
hard to bring
it home without
tubes and wires, the bright
lights and clean
dressings, lost socks.
Up and down the halls,
back and forth the elevators,
in and out so many
electronic doors,
might be false morning
but soon we'll know
how long the night
really is, we might
just turn black watching.