better

signals woven
for the purpose
of a shirt or pants
that might communicate
in a manner
of non-speaking

tend to tell all
then let people look…
dance judgment
then leave
bewildered and
enriched

salad days
that’s right—for you
weave these tales
in tune with the
keeping
of dogs on leashes

look in
shop windows
with pastoral abandon
imagine new themes
on which to pontificate
true love

you.
that spark
could have started
a god damned fire
instead of the perforation
cauterized

even crows gasp
kind women
look carefully
write cautions on their lips
and love notes
to the hope of the ladder

tawmnation