gyrating

his thoughts were gyrating about; a conquistador
in a sandstorm; with: no passport out of this desert;
no shelter from the scorching sun; no reprieve from
the scavengers hovering; his thoughts were gyrating
about; with: each step sacred; each breath measured;
each thought treasured; each minute shorter; his
thoughts were gyrating about; like: the posterior
of his high school teacher; chasseing into class; his
first dance with a lover; an abrasion of bodies; his
goldfishes in an aquarium; flailing back and forth;

his thoughts were gyrating about; they were: looping;
hinged on a cycle; spinning on automatic; his sanity
stood: fragile; tenuous; crumbling to pieces; his thoughts
were gyrating about; god was: shoving him places he
didn't want to go; turning him over to the devil;
withholding the love from him; his thoughts were
gyrating about; the motion sicker; the notions careening
across; the truths misaligned with favour; the thirst
more excruciating than ever; his thoughts were
gyrating about; his thoughts were gyrating about;

et in arcadia ego


cuRRent...jer  ¶ 9:13 pm

  Monday (Part II)

We sped off with a prayer. Through the
window of our taxi, our hands were clasped;
thanking God for the rain. It will temper
the arid nights ahead; no, we don't have
to wet it with our tears anymore.

Monday: You go; I am left behind. Only
to let you venture into the rain alone.


cuRRent...jer  ¶ 1:39 am

  Monday (Part I)

Monday: you were decked in green,
trudging down the stairs; tap-dancing
(backwards) on the tip of your boots.
Every inch was drowned in a drought
of words. Your eyes against mine; with
another hint of reluctance- looking to

the maculated sky. The clouds
were tessellate: in various shades
of white and grey; auguring rain.



cuRRent...jer  ¶ 11:46 pm