the cavalcade erodes as much as it erects
dirt and dust swell, a little less road, a little less of us
so what—shut up—xerox this mess with your original face
and shed (please) that mask before I fall for a partial view
the bough done broke, hunty, there's a big ol' kink in the gyre
best to sink deeper then, darker, where the sharpest shells lie
outfit—taxidermy frog bikini, wellies, aluminum trident
find the circle where we chanted our old names into rot
river mud, coprolite, rootling! earthworm, amber water, helgramite! spring rain, swimming beaver, nettle flower!

spit salt water in my eye, leave me stung, singing mother, squinting skyward

the noble switch—the oracle has left the building for the open air
up here the vastness oppresses more than offers answers

keep the quiet in your skin, unlearn everything

the gowns of the sun are thrown on the water