The Main Key Betwen Us

I didn't get the new one

yet

the old one too bent
worked over

worry
not the right

one
not good enough

daylight
trees leaves squirrels

all
travel to the master key

The Constant Key

There is one that is never used.
It looks just like the others.
Its shape. Its form. Its number.

When they get a deer a turkey
everyone gets steaks.

How come that will be
potatoes really tender

Mom says you got to take
a big one all tender.
I hadn't eaten one in years.
Let the party begin, she says
The next day lots of food
a deer standing a hair trigger
on his rifle. We went out.
I saw one and walked back.
We saw another one on the
main highway. Just to see.

Beast's Face

His eyes so clear
as if he knows
all

his hunger
appears civilized
but isn't

They walk together
on the grounds

I know they see
water together

under this moon
reflecting everything
back

Mystery Of The Crooked Key

No matter how I tried
the key would not cooperate

in the basement
of the haunted mansion

each door a struggle
to open

shutting them
no problem

I imagined my future
alone with my cart

the carpet muffling
my insane songs

just some random words
leftovers from feast day

those damn cranberries
plus the doors

the key looked bent
by a compelling mind

was it mine? such strength
does brass bend like gold

does he love me too
am I staring too long

remembering about breath
and how it is good for you

Found Key

It was there all along
in his pants no joke
how could he forget this
maybe with all the rest
all the others
their coldness
against his thumbs


So the borrowed one
was not really needed
at all:

but it is good
to have it back

all the thinking
and worrying
to just get
back to normal

these tasks

are made near
the main part
even though
they are so far away
from my heart

the extra set
for example

Answer Key

I  understand
the question
once and for all
correctly
would it be okay
to answer you

Lost Key

How could he lose his key
didn't he secure it to something
some metal something anything
solid so he could get back in
and not sit outside with his bike
watching birds
freezing

I know there is another copy
I know where to find get it
It is just a little inconvenient
to go ask for it back
It might take a while
For things to get back
To normal or near

Dream Of Solving For X

With a zero underneath
who could argue
with a need
to solve for x

We clean up the buildings
as if our hearts
depended on this

Do they

The halls are very straight
lines that do not curve

Wildfire does not follow this formulae

It jumps and swerves

There is a clear path
we are seeing everywhere
afterwards

The Dream Decided To Unbind Itself

The dream decided I did not decide the dream
picked me clean bones and compartments
we are all     that is left      after the dust     feathers        the hour glass
a bombing      a car crash       are not the same
but I try to remember
the ones I knew so well
and the ones I never met at all

Mornings
when coffee is ready
                                           we are all quiet except the rustling
of the  The Oregonian so smooth around the bend
the four of them nearly flew out the window when the truck crashed
into their periphery he could never see what was coming
I loved them so much along with so many others

Was this what she felt all these years what's the use meals
get togetherness a chore when her missing parents and siblings
perished in '44 they had made it almost to the end their world
as they knew it their dream continuing with love and a little luck

Figure Out

I couldn't figure out all the mysteries
  no matter how much I tried
Many abandoned before really beginning
  too slow or going nowhere
While sunlight got to the root
  of the matter
Before I really needed to
  find out
If you loved me
  trust was required
We moved together like nothing
  this has been everything
We can stop waiting for the beginning
  Say an American Prayer
In the meantime while we still have
  time however kind or otherwise

The Keys

I thought they didn't belong
and they didn't but there was another
already on my key ring
I didn't notice before
right beside the ones
with too many teeth
going to the strange half-closets
beneath the stairs
with their thick bannisters
all the dust and dead flies collecting
time putting its spin onto the air
we breathe

at least the spiders
guarding the door frames
know me and you with your
berries and masks--

when will we kiss

The Forest Found Me

It was raining of course but the woods found me
anyway when I was inside and dry staring at linoleum tiles
their white chalky spaces littered with fir needles
pieces of incense cedar and alder leaves tracked in
wet and clingy

Now they are dry and easy to move
part of my heart is swept up with them
while another part looks in from outside
in the dark rain through the lit windows

I am on fire with the thought of you
with all these dry starts
I could go on burning forever
even in this haunted mansion
under the dead moon
so lit up
your face
my keys your keys
jingling