Rhymes of June
Endless game of chance
a crow finds a playing card
flies onto a roof
New World Theology
Jesus summoned the Elder-Father
and distracted the Indians
with a cover wagon train
He summoned unto him
His flying saucer
Promising those left behind
in the desert
To be saints at a later date
their own eventual planet
All of those present swore
certainty that this Man
was Jesus of Nazareth
Jehova's witnesses there
avowed that he looked
a little like Gabby Hayes
Elder-Father Smith
carrier of the golden tablets
was never seen again
in this world
Breezy sunlight here
fog rolls the peninsula
sea birds or jet plane
Electric green moss
tide marks on colorful rocks
tide at eye level
I can't hear the waves
forgot to remove earplugs
only half the grace
Take off my sandals
and walk the water walkway
lonely girl watches
14 kite surfers
not as thrilling or profound
as two pelicans
After the Recent Deluge
1.
My house wasn't always a houseboat
in fact it wasn't always a boat
My home wasn't very close to a river
but it was on a hundred year flood plain
and today it's all water
To my surprise and salvation
it broke away from its foundation
the bottom layer was built watertight
By the eschatologist
that dreamed-up the place
And my household floated away
My cat and whatever wildlife
taken refuge from the elements
Swifts and other squatters who nest
in the ornate Victorian woodwork
of the towers the belfry the rooftop
Over the thick downstairs windows
Along for the journey heaved
Headlong into the gulf below
The garden gate served as a rudder
I set it for a general direction
Dark coast a few lonely street lights
Heat lightning on irreal bayou
toward a crevice in the stars
June 2019
