one, this, moment good as the other
sun, persimmon-like, flattened top of itself

numb little sweat climbing the hill out of
breath, myth good, higher, climb, high top,

ridge, secondary edge, walk on flattened star
thin moon slice. black fog. gold-enameled

sun, watery gist, Oedipus. where's Oedipus?
Sea Nymph got him on that awful island

missing future without mind.
this way down, coyote bush trail, marsh

ponds, rose flush gray-green coastal mist
Scylla. Charybdis, tiki headlands,

wish of a young woman, conquests
men wheeze in decline, perilous

downhill, kiss the gate, now fires going
lobster red on licking dish, butter tongue

fetish, neon sun on ceiling. females
deep in sofa and chair, the moment named

© 2004 - Michael Rothenberg