Sunday, December 16, 2012

A Tree


A tree behind
a window paneled door
stays out of focus
if I focus
on blemishes in the glass

I make it move
inside the window frame
by closing one eye
then the other

Bare and dormant
with the possibility
of spring

What if I open the door
and step out
onto thin air?

Relax (for Chris)


The strangest things show up
in the corner of the bookstore shelf
behind the book I want for you
about a ship
called 
            the Unknown Island

an empty ice-coffee bottle
I pull it out and do a double take

Like you showed up
when I wasn't looking for relationship

I read the bottle
It says
                Relax