





Snapshot: Kittanning, Pennsylvania 1963
Snapshot: Kittanning, Pennsylvania 1963

Haiku
HAIKU Darkness, and what stays Falls too close to the heart-Poor enough for beggars My tears have failed me- Brushed off like so much laughter, My breath leaps before. Gandy dancers sing, the iron is forced to obey their undying

Immunes
Immunes and with each passing day he shoulders the weight, as if he were the only strongman left in his own heart's circus- there will be more stiff breezes, and more Spring blankets to chase; but there will be no more Maggies to catc

Immunes (enhanced)
Immunes and with each passing day he shoulders the weight, as if he were the only strongman left in his own heart's circus- there will be more stiff breezes, and more Spring blankets to chase; but there will be no more Maggies to catch them on t

Urim and Thummin
URIM AND THUMMIN Your tattooed stigmata is showing, my dear- that spot of willful blood lies dormant; while greedy hosts of Angels draw illicit lots, and seek redemption in performance. I may cast off now into more uncertain seas, now that



Sea of Reeds (enhanced)
SEA OF REEDS My gas-stained hands touch her steel, and for a moment all the world seems unemployed. (I stand in a hole reamed out by greedy oresmen, and silently wait for their own untimely closings.) This town dies slowly in some bartender's arms,

Sea of Reeds
SEA OF REEDS My gas-stained hands touch her steel, and for a moment all the world seems unemployed. (I stand in a hole reamed out by greedy oresmen, and silently wait for their own untimely closings.) This town dies slowly in some bartender

Snapshot: Kittanning, Pennsylvania 1963 (enhanced
Looking north up South Water street, the dying stand solid as parking meters, finding finer spirits underground than the ones they were promised. The stores here are shadowed in, windows covered in soap and relocations- lonely mothers clutch the gloves o

Love and Lagniappe (enhanced)
Love and Lagniappe This is how easily two stiff souls can learn to bend, And pivot around the mulberry times Like dancers, defining their time and space. I find my portion has mingled with your portion,

Snapshot Kittanning, Pennsylvania 1963
Looking north up South Water street, the dying stand solid as parking meters, finding finer spirits underground than the ones they were promised. The stores here are shadowed in, windows covered in soap and relocations- lonely mothers clutch the

Love and Lagniappe
Love and Lagniappe This is how easily two stiff souls can learn to bend, And pivot around the mulberry times Like dancers, defining their time and space. I find my portion has mingled with your portion,





Gate Knowledge (enhanced)
Gate Knowledge This is where the desperate stitches begin to take hold - In the wary edges of unproven cloth; In the delicate fears of virtuous women, In the fevered robes of noble soldiers. S

