THE MUSEYou owe me. Pay up. According to my accounts, you have...
CASUAL FRIENDSend lies to the people listed below....
THE AWARDS COMMITTEEThis is to notify you that--but what's the use?...
THE WISEThe world could fall to pieces with no notice....
UNCLE ALA chicken is a touchy creature....
THE OTHERSHere where we live the lines are down and the surprises build into snowbanks...
DANNYDusty Clinton Township kids making paper roosters and snowball...
SAMUEL RENSBERGER I am your grandfather's grandfather and through my wakeless sleep I dream...
OLD NEIGHBOREast across low muddy fields and behind the screening trees you can see...
THE WORM COUNCILWe call your attention to worms. Though sweeping ice age disaster...
THE HERONI flew in down by the round deep pond behind your house...
WITNESSI saw the largest moon ever rise huge bright yellow, sailing where it cared to...
Dear Eric,
I spread my smooth water like a lap and caught the trees' faces
where they fell. Gulls plunged simple cries at me, dissolving
mist, and kids from town tracked love along my banks, leaving
a spoor of underwear. In the back reaches of my shadowy woods,
showy orchis and spiderwort made a play of bold perishing color.
When you floated naked, my waves were tongues washing you back
to beginnings. Wind from my hills blew music from your lips.
One spring they drained me to the bottom and spilled poison on the
fish's privacy. Refilled, I wait for the next change or violation,
brooding on my lost fish and the shame of my bare mud. Come again
as you did before, whenever you wish, moonlight or blinding sun.
Griffy Lake