Lift Off 30 : half rimed word
I am galled,
gulled
I am a gull
for punish
ment
Throw me
your scraps
& I will
dine out
for days
Gluttonous bird
starved for
months,
miscuing
on the
wind
lost at
sea
seeking
revenge
from a
half
rimed
word
Scavenger
longing for
your de-
mise
Vengeful
predator
you mean
to ask
me?
Lift Off 41 : grief & happy
Old koan she
tells me—
When we fall
in love we
sign up
for grief
No wonder the
Dali Lama
is single!
Yet we are single
so little of our
adult lives
Maybe we should
have the marriage(s)
first, & the happy
childhoods
after?
Lift Off 45 : your night sky
Take our grief away
(a-way) on phone
—Michigan,
Indiana, Florida
these last three
nights
Take our grief
be gone, fly
this way too
We are “too old
for this non-
sense” & you’re
right the Dali
Lama is
single
We came in
that way
(& fear
same
exit)
Take the pain
away just
this once,
pls
Be slender
be of heart
It is time
for intelligent
nurture not
accomplish-
ment
Be straight as
the eye that
flies across
a night
sky
I am your
night sky
Fly into mine
eyes …
woman of
the night
desert
Lift Off 49 : way station
What’s that old
standard, why
don’t you fly
me to the
moon …
Why don’t you
take my breath
away …
Fly me to the
moon
(bap bap)
Or alternately
just drop me
off in deep
space,
baby
Been my home
for months
now any-
way
Pick me up on
your way
home
desert
woman
Make it a
way station
for the
Tao
In a minimal
one or two
heart
beats
Lift Off 60 : another lift off
It’s not transitional
(one hopes)
It’s transformative
We’ll transit
to you
And then hope
to re-form,
re-align
That’s another
lift off
Another trip
Another flight
One that does
not crash
(or clash)
Such talk is
all there
for each
of us
Riding deep
(for god’s sake)
It was like yes-
terday, & all
yesterdays
back to the un-
tried heart of
childhood
Which comes full
at you from
another angle
—one
that makes
sense this
time
Jeff Wright says
Lift Off the top o my head.
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro says
Such interesting and musical riffs. Best, Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
Stephen Bett says
Kind of you. Thanks!
Sam Silva says
I just love this