P O E T S ON THE LINE
a continuing anthologyFounded by Andrew Gettler & Linda Lerner
NO. 9 & 10 T H E M I L L E N N I U M I S S U E
Edited by Linda Lerner
CATFISH McDARIS
Kokopelli
Anasazi dust
scattered
in four directionspaint smudge on mountain walls
no sacred smoke lingers
in abandoned kivasghosts of cliff
climb no longertraveling far i have seen
the end and returnedmy flute shall speak again
death comes silently
then reincarnationa timber rattler crawling
into lifemy flute shall speak again
quietly
on the winddancing in your mind
No Longer Here
a dying bull's eyes bulge
from a nightmare disbelief face
amigo's daughter is deadi watch his soul
shrivel & walk away
tears river down granite jaws
fist sledgehammers poundhearts to a bloody pulp
not expired not passed away
no longer alive
a piece of meat for worms23 years
she'd been his life
her whore mother long gonethere are no words to convey solace
watching my daughter
opening presents under the tree
i lapse into guilt & pain
a blue sorrow
i can not imagine
it claws my eyes to blindnessmy wife stares at me
without understanding
like something abstract
a de Kooning"this is suppose to be
a happy time" she explainsBut I'm gone
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