what a dark intimate minute
this moment is
that pelts my sun
I am ravenous
for the light's latest shower
hail could fall upward
and my muse would burn
to pay homage to such
Ripley
a vague beast
this edifying ponder
clouds are lovers
for the sensitives eye
and yet today
I ignore their
come hithers
I must be unbalanced
a flake in the sky
of reason
thankfully
my heart remains
submerged
in baskets
over flowing with grace
still
the mind clickety clacks
on
like an old 1930's
type writer
madness
is the thought of you
gone from me
Evermore...............
(Jan. 12, 2000)