we fell then

while you were out there
listening to the rising breeze
it was raining hard
on the other side of our tiny town
and we were whispering
and laughing too.
We ran around till you lost a shoe
we fell then and were tumbling.

someday morning

Terrified, straight faced
hoping for the best.
These moments pass
and come again.

I wake alone
looking at the sky
through the window
and you return.

Kitties fed
you collapse beside me.

We mumble
we slumber.

I love you.

rosanna in the highest

Thai I think,
with tightly napped hair and long pierced earlobes,
a white vinyl Buddha one breast exposed,
full lotus position, hands cupped.

The countenance of perfect serenity
and
with the most elegant filigree
encircling his neck
coming together
with a lotus flower atop
the sternum,

this Buddha has
burlap twine
around one wrist.
The twine affixing a warning.

The keyboard solo
to Toto's Rosanna
plays through the muzak
system above me

as I turn the warning label over
to read:
"For decorative use only".