Juneuary

keyholes between clouds
permit glimpses of summer
sun brightens puddles

Light

in its place the sun roils
immense and unfathomable
sending photons hurtling toward earth

that eight minutes from now
she will not notice
as she drives home
trembling
weeping
regretting

instead of seeing
this moment
in all its perfection

only later will she sit
and breathe
and feel the light upon her skin
and when she does
nothing will be fixed

and she will bow
to everything that can't be fixed

Heartbeat

every heartbeat has
a soaring spike, then a dive
electricity
racing dizzily along
fibers that will die one day

Apple

first bite of apple
teeth tearing into sweetness
light upon the tongue

Sunset

near to the solstice
a gash across the twilight
sunset spurting blood
she stops to write about it
and looks up to find it gone

Dancer

I'm sure he doesn't know
how graceful he is

the sharp angle of his elbow
suspended in air as he taps the buttons of his calculator
is ineffably simple and lovely

I watch him and I doubt
that he knows what it is to be connected
to trade electrons

so fluid and aloof, my beloved
perhaps I think he's dancing
because I only catch him in glimpses

Ejection

this body is only a seatbelt
that unbuckles with disquieting ease

it happens all the time: 
ejections and rough landings
and muffled slippings away

sudden or drawn out
things come undone
or are purposefully cut loose

some go barreling toward the end
the rest of us wait our turn

while telling ourselves
we're not in line