Take on a Star

Tonight I am

Brimming so bright

I could take on a star!

Palm her like a plum and

Bore right in as corona drips lava from

My stained, grinning teeth,

I’d swallow hard to eat my sin,

Swipe my face and

Throw away the core!

Rapping Rain

Strange,

This rapping rain,

Tinsel-straining

From the sky,

Diving down in

Dappling droves,

Earth-snapping sodden groves,

And leaving nothing dry,

Oh, how countless,

Tapping storms,

Have poured their frothy stain,

So heavy on this heart of mine,

So heavy on this heart of mine,

So heavy on this heart of mine.

Afghanistan

I remember

Stacked tires and scared boys

Quipped in deeds and dares,

Eye sockets wracked and pleading to

Their deities after the

Rip of rocket fire

In December.