[listening]
listening to him talk my mind drifts quickly
Janis Joplin's wail another night
reading through senryu stack of books
on the phone his baritone is rough
turning off my computer bathed in darkness
***
[day continues]
day continues with a heart like a whirlpool
ravens hold court a pine grove
over clipped hedges we trade bits of gossip
i love a man with a viper's demeanor
hate burning at the bottom of my starved eyes