hearing the word “chukka” with boot stood out the pale tan lawn shoes stayed in the garage when not worn if he was in the golden black and white tv westernthey’d be moccasinsin the newly settled suburbwith a far off hiss OM of the highway they were his chukka boots likely from GOLD CIRCLEthey canvassed his garden lawn with wheelsdecompressing on… Read more: LR6 – chukka boot breezeway

It’s overlives have moved onmy friend OV moved on years agoout of state The pandemic calendar dot of April 2020 was a Buick GMC erase board date on a white board retail calendar in a Southern looking conference room into Canada in the black towers of the Ren CenDetroit. people were dyingand our GM work was discussing ventilators “Years ago” is… Read more: LR5 – OV and the greatest gift

15 minute land battlein the blockin the timein the startout the windowin the windowof timesquarerectangle phone beside myselfinside myselfkeeping us inon that rectangle glass emanating the timer tools, doorways, windows, suction cups, seducers, validators, desperators, oracles, wizards, demons, cons, gurus, all the knowledgeorganized to predictionomniscient influencerslocked in this self help spiritual growthland body battle of blocked 15 minuteswindows to action and… Read more: 15 minute land battle

Last night Pete and I saw Wu-Tang Clan at LCA. He drove up from his house in Black Mountain for a summer jaunt week in Michigan. Our history of memory and experiences, sloppy past and heartfelt connection. We attempt to make cleaner now with barber cuts and recognition of sleeping.The Wu were fifty-year-old men acting as super-hero ninja action figures playing… Read more: Sloppy and Wavy

the hollow wombs of the train’s box cars beat a slow consistent bass timpani reverbacross the suburb darkthat night i found outas i laid in the warm fall mesh screen windowaware truth was to be the dream blocker that nightthat night i learned about the leaving of the locomotive pull of empty box cars leaving the suburb town leaving me to… Read more: An Ending

stay clean      brush teeth drive to the gymexercise       go for miles get up on microphonesdisseminate politics relieve other’s sufferingmake money cook run wonder sighsee stars       write          feed the dog       dress nice coolfocus on music           light candles         burn… Read more: Objects of Devotion

apotheosis a committed man whose name i can’t recall kicked off the the 3rd annual bay to beacon ½ marathon the sun had risen and 50 deliberate flesh-blood-breath bodies stood on dnr grade gravel   in the middle of the mile long road into negwagon state parkthe committed man at the daybreak of his middle age talked about safety, about sponsorshis heart conveyed the land,… Read more: Running Series – apotheosis