Loneliness
fills his heart.
The keeper waits
for the proper
moment to fire
up the beacon.
It shines like
starlight into
the pitch sky.
His job finished
he crams hands
in pockets and
descends
the
long
stairway
taking
thoughtful
steps.
His mind
starts
to
wander
and he
cannot
recall
why he
does
what
he does.
Reaching the ground floor
he performs his tasks and glances
at the door. Through a small glass
window he spies the majesty of the wide sea
rolling into forever. At that moment he feels
the numb pain in his soul wither away to nothingness.
He
knows
peace.
LIFE IS LIFE (1986)
What is life?
Is
it a cereal
that Mikey likes to eat?
Is
it a magazine
with neat covers
and
informative articles?
Is
it a board game
where you
go
to college
get
married,
inherit
an oil well,
and
have seven kids,
all in the same day?
Or
is it a state of being
with random,
meaningless,
strange,
and stimulating elements
such as the words you are presently reading?
What is the answer?
Hmmm...
Could you repeat the question?
LANGUAGE (1987)
and if "or" and "but"
appear
between and betwixt
but ain't
why was "where" where "when" was
when it was as it was?
MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY (1988)
Awake
between oblivion and ecstasy
on a tightrope
not wishing to drop yet
tensed by the altitude
pattern in reflex
leaden lids
diffuse to black
VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL? (1989)
Gosh we've known
Each other for a long, long
Time. Don't you think it's
About time that we...
Well, you know. I'm only
Asking because I love
You with such passion...
!
SENSATIONALISM (1988)
Hooting for those
Whuttering, sputtering souls
Wearing suit coats or the
Wench of the hour on the
Wide screen at 5 o'clock.
RUSH (1988)
If hourglass sands become as molasses;
If wind whips at a slower pace;
If waves calm their frantic lapping;
If eternity is found in every day...
Time is relative to experience;
As an hour seems to shorten every day.
If the rush of life is somehow erased
Is what we lose more than what we gain?