Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Reflections on the bench


I think I saw you (again)
like a cool breeze, swift
and uninterested,

Reducing mirrors (not mine)
to a fisherman's unlucky net.
Call it  a bad (hair) day.

This lady forever laughs
despite the sad news
below her waist,

blood on the pavement
caused by another
motorcycle accident.

Another breeze,
and she was carried away
with the fatal news.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Occupy My Thoughts


Words fell away too soon like monsoon rain, my thoughts dropping like ink
blots on paper. There is no basin to catch their flow.

The dynamics were as simple as shifting the weight of one’s butt in a chair.
It’s the air but it’s not about fair share. Is it economics?

Can a poem like a dog chase its own tail, as they say, about LPAs and ITCZ,
until it spins fast enough to cause a whirlwind?

There is no structure left visible, only fractures and remnants from dispersals.
Pieces have their own randomness like words without season or reason.