under an aluminum sky
the window of opportunity slides
shut with each gust
the foam picks up
what the river lets
go and take this paddle
beat that current
beat that breeze
beach that bok
in the cattails
in the spring
on the back road
every breath steam
every sentence unseen
temples of trees
bend and lean
extant and fulcrum
compression tension sum
up syllables remote
a chance with pine leaves
hands condemned to pitch
eternity here holding
dry water of winter
the scalding cold
scaffolding bones with work undone
decembers deionized ones