To teach – to transcend possibility with branching inward present. As it spreads the essential knowing a natural code of relationship deeply grounded in an enfolding pale deference. The radical theorem – an imperfect marvel ends in poetry.

Truth stands radiant – the erotic dimension where nothing happens. Let all this madness play an important social role. There is nothing at the end, yet what is born is part of the renewal, torn between. Still shining in your quiet mind, I was so moved I began blurting, you are not a stranger. What inner urges prompted the belief that keeps me homeless? Your failing ego brimming over with provocative humour.

influencing rains
saturated the

fields were
a rich bog

bent at the waist
thrust in small

strands to keep
close-knit village

women in extended
hard labour

gray skies
the wet soft

earth eager 
for the day

point of origin
that would be
when and where

upon this page
the brush stroke
of all creation

its own existence
cradle of bones
off of itself

We inhale
transplanting
our tongues

we move thru
glaciers, letting
pure waters

sweep
away
the mind.

accidentally average
afterwards big
almost colossal
always fat
angrily giant
annually gigantic
anxiously great
awkwardly huge
badly immense
blindly large
boastfully little
boldly long
bravely mammoth
briefly massive
brightly miniature
busily petite
calmly puny
carefully short
carelessly small
cautiously tall
cheerfully tiny
clearly boiling
correctly breezy
courageously broken
crossly bumpy
cruelly chilly
daily cold
defiantly cool
deliberately creepy
doubtfully crooked
easily cuddly
elegantly curly
enormously damaged
enthusiastically damp
equally dirty
even dry
eventually dusty
exactly filthy
faithfully flaky
far fluffy
fast wet
fatally broad
fiercely chubby
fondly curved
foolishly deep
fortunately flat
frantically high
gently hollow
gladly low
gracefully narrow
greedily round
happily shallow
hastily skinny
honestly square
hourly steep
hungrily straight
innocently wide
inquisitively ancient
irritably brief
joyously early
justly fast
kindly late
lazily modern
less old
loosely old-fashioned
loudly quick
madly rapid
merrily short
monthly slow
more swift
mortally young
mysteriously abundant
nearly empty
neatly few
nervously heavy
never light
noisily many
not numerous
obediently cooling
obnoxiously deafening
often faint
only harsh
painfully high-pitched
perfectly hissing
politely hushed
poorly husky
powerfully loud
promptly melodic
punctually moaning
quickly mute
quietly noisy
rapidly purring
rarely quiet
really raspy
recklessly resonant
regularly screeching
reluctantly shrill
repeatedly silent
rightfully soft
roughly squealing
rudely thundering
sadly voiceless
safely whispering
seldom bitter
selfishly delicious
shakily juicy
sharply ripe
shrilly rotten
shyly salty
silenty sour
sleepily spicey
slowly stale
smoothly sticky
softly strong
solemnly sweet
sometimes tasteless
soon tasty
speedily thirsty
stealthily fluttering
sternly fuzzy
successfully greasy
suddenly grubby
suspiciously hard
swiftly hot
tenderly icy
tensely loose
thoughtfully melted
tightly plastic
tomorrow prickly
too rainy
truthfully rough
unexpectedly scattered
very shaggy
victoriously shakey
violently sharp
vivaciously shivering
warmly silky
weakly slimy
well smooth
wildly soft
yearly solid
yesterday steady

               THE GREAT SPIRITUAL

                      He would
                wrap his mind
         in wine and sleep
                     asleep but
                  then
stand up and write it down.

creative genius
painted cloth
fetal position

delicate task
exceptional nature

first sight
human face

sinuous lines
tangible signs

elegant restraint
graphic freedom

numerous guises
subtly blended

prolific forms
natural means

inextricably linked
supreme act

and what improbable echo
shaped this painful thinness
a figurine hiding his face in his hands

the people of the past found them
abandoned hidden in rock crevices
and bear witness to their advanced state

in this harsh and awe-inspiring landscape
they conceal at their heart the detritus of sacrificial rites
whose disturbing beauty supplicates for rain

gnarled figures with arms raised to heaven
each hewn with rough adze blows
a corresponding variety of uses – and perhaps of meanings