Friday, January 16, 2009

Lamentations in the quiet

In the quiet
like fathers
who leave home 
and forget their daughters' ages
and birthdays, how
can they remember?
in bars
with tears
inebriated, they swear to fix it all
but really, how
can they bear the guilt?

I too
forgot your are, or at least how long
I knew you

I looked for sage advice
on the matter
but there is none 
to be found For a while
I tried
tired to be myself
being a little more passionate...

What will befall us when
we have proved we can end
         up parked drunk 
         beneath an overpass, at last the hail falling harder than
         we want to get home
         and larger than any father's

unanswered question?

where is your presence in this world in the quiet
because when I forget, you disappear
maybe you do

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

early morning lamenting the dawn

listen, dears,
who dream life out

a new morning
for each
of your anxieties

warm sheets a carved pillow--

cuddled, comfort
generally leers
at us

from the other side of

the bed we were never comfortable in
sleeping on shards
of the sun-
bleached apocalypse tomorrow
morning
          an echo of each former day
          sleeps with us:

we too have seen affliction

we grew accustomed to the darkness

our eyes have not adjusted to the light