met your mother today
wasn't sure how to smile
which foot to stand on, shifted

loved her, and your brother
too, their house, big dumb
dog. look where you come from!

series 2

created a mysterious life-
long heartbreak but forgot
life isn't as much long as
bad novels, greyhound rides

bright skies over night
cities, beds born in and
out of joy, grief, wrung hands
so many "oh.....'s"

screens made of god
knows what, flicker paint
strobe washes on walls,
faces everywhere

and so it starts
out in streetlight neon
pacing enigmatic in puddles
while cars whirl around

beginning

there are geniuses
in this world playing
their dealt hand
while numbers or letters
make fractals in their heads