Thursday, July 21, 2016

The Skeleton Goes Camping

Morning at Lake Itasca

I want to let this morning sun
warm my bones.
The coffee went right through me.

Blowdown Trail: The Skeleton Foresees a Second Flood

A lot of white riff-raff will be arriving to join me.
All that will remain alive
will be a rainbow.

Pioneer Graveyard: The Skeleton Communes With Nature

Here am I, sang the vireo. Where are you?
In the boneyard,
with no voice to sing.

Skeleton Wading in the Mississippi Headwaters

My white limbs are beautiful, shining regal and serene.
But I remember when my body was dark like the rivers,
and I had a heart.