Kid ain’t wakin’ up,and that lightnin’ ain’t quittin’,and those drops keep fallin’. Mississippi smells of earth and summer, got that undercurrent decay. And she’s lickin’ them tree-trunks like supper’s comin’. Fade-in, raise the curtain, sunrise,lightnin’ kissin’ my cheeks, ‘n thunder trailin’ after.Come on, come on …
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Reflections. (2014)
Thick muck mire and mud,chin-tuck nod that catfish there, big fucker, wouldn’t want to piss him off.One foot, front of the other.Same as life, same as anything. Ain’t that, ain’t it so, …
Moses in a red Charger (2014)
Dappled sunlight drifting through the trees,and the hard wood of this desk underneath me,what must, what must God think lookin’ down? ain’t no Noah built ark, far as I know, though me and Tom got paired off anyhow. But who’d he want to drown out, …
Casting Off (2014)
I dreamt them flood waters were risin’,I dreamt the deep was lappin’, lappin’ at me. ‘n as them waves rise up, I climb into this writer’s desk, [old carpentry, without nail or glue, deep, wide, ‘n solid.] and downstream I go, pen scritchin’, scritchin’ along.
Back Again (2014)
Lightning flash, and thunder’s at my back; I’ve missed, missed you baby. White-caps and lappin’ swells, the sky’s gray and green and black and yellow, and ain’t that, ain’t that Pecos Bill atop that tornado? Lightning and patter-fall drops. “Now, you turn the key ‘n wait for the light. That’s the glow plugs warmin’ up.” …
