"Highwire"
willowed,
bent. bend
me.
to
be broken
into. look
into me
to
be seen
from the
inside,
beyond
my
soft
science
exterior
to
be analyzed/overanalyzed
held
symbolically
upright
pedagogically
reaching,
transcending
the laws
imposed
theoretically,
i should
be standardized
by
some national
bureau
lost
among the
hypotheses
explanatory.
evidence
lacking,
constancy
seeking.
i
want my
rituals
to be contextualized
as
i remain
professional,
strange
lackluster
but peerless.
challenge
the scientific
method
that created
me.
oh,
to be wide
eyed
at
your perspective
at
your interpretation
of the facts;
always
unproven,
only supported
or rebutted.
but
i cannot
be another
experiment
and
i will not
be another
guilt ridden
accident.
i
want to
be hit so
hard my
breath stops,
momentarily.
lit
so bright,
my eyes
reverse
dilate.
written,
test-tube
blended
shamanized
for my liminality
highwire
walking
in the face
of gravity
i
want to
fall
"Living
Foods"
untamed
food
living
diet
my
fingers,
boysenberry
colored
from
delving
seeking
to gather
before
moonlight wanes
hunters
cannot bring
life
back
your
lips frail, pink
of
cherry blossoms
beneath
which
averted
eyes sought
to
disguise longing
for
your sandpaper
soft
rose petal tongue.
deftly
you traced
foreign
shapes newly
sprouted
of goddess
head
stems and leaf veins
popping
in my mouth
fruit
flesh
flooding
my mouth
delicious,
quiescent
desires
breed
in cranberry
blood
freshly tilled
soil
nourishing
varietals
of you