A Nonet of Nonets

Karaoke Goddess

Words hang thirsty on my tongue tonight,

waiting for the music soon played.

Milling crowds of people watch,

embarassed for those who 

sing all the old songs

forgetting the new.

I drink some more

to become

goddess-

like.

Boundaries

Breaking boundaries can be quite hard

implied force smacks of violence

but it is not always so.

Sometimes it is the soft

persuasive and cool

voices that move

your undone

heart and

soul.

Refuse to Fracture

I held it together for so long
that I've forgotten how to break.
A million tiny pieces
held by grit and hardness
cemented into 
stone, refuse to 
yield or give
for your

love.

At the End

The children told her to say goodbye.

A word alien on her tongue,

it tasted like such sour milk

and turned her stomach cold.

Choking on thick tears,

she waved farewell

to a life

she once

loved.

A Bug's Life

Inhumanity breaks us apart

allowing life to seep from rents

torn into bodies and souls.

Empty shells shrivel dry.

Exoskeletons

crack into dust,

disappear

into

time.

A hole in history fills slowly

repaired by days of birth and death,

of weeks that wrap like cocoons.

Years spin silk to fill space

with new memories

made from moments

born of this

timeless

life.

The Pick-Up Line

"Loneliness has it's magic," he said.

Words drew me in, a moth to flame.

Dancing brightly 'round my head,

buzzing bees hard to tame.

Invite me to love

a soul like yours

forever

always

yes.

The Ducks

All my ducks are in a row, and yet

symmetry is denied to me.

I can't get them evenly spaced

and this one's head turns left.

They ignore my voice

and do their thing.

I don't like 

these ducks

much.

Dance-hall Pleasures

Bodies sway to Cole Porter, the smoke

hugging the dance-hall walls with lust

twines around young, smart couples.

It rubs against hot skin

fragrant with desire

making sin

so much

fun.