meals.

for that tiny body
you can sure pile it on
plate after plate--

is each bite as nice as
the very first
or is it just something
you have to have?

or have you forgotten
the taste of thyme and sage
that once touched
those hungry lips?

bargain.

with every sound you lower the price
of these words
I
you, yes you, you are something, quite something
AM
are, to be, to have been and to always be, be
can you be? can you really be?
SO
SOSO
in the middle? in the middle of good and bad
or just in the middle of everything
unfinished
SOS
calling for help? calling for me? calling for attention?
another one just one just
one more time
oh sorry
the price has dropped
on SORRY.

then i say but don't say
then i wish but don't wish
if i can't cut off your tongue
then please
can you cut off my ears?

ah.

they swirl around you
so fast so fast fast
you see blurs
all you see
blurs

nothing really rhymes
and nothing really runs
but you see all you see
a blur after blur

then you take your fingers
and type out your future
and you refuse to see
all you see
blurs

you are a good liar
but not good enough
not good enough to say
this is not a blur
not good enough to say
i see all i see and
it is good

you see all i see
and
and
blur
and
good
and
and
see?

walk.

on me, step lightly
first
take care not
to break a bone
now
you will have time
to do that
some time from now.

but please
walk on me

it is
(after all)
where i need to be.

walk on me

so that Jesus can say
some words for me
pity me
save me
love me.

walk on me

when they say
nothing
i am worth
nothing
and there is
nothing
of worth or value.

please
walk on me

it is
(after all)
where i need to be.