Before the analysis

before the dissection

First came the reading

—the deepest of cuts

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

The magic of words

each door of perception

 

The entrance and exit

—buried within

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Seeking the right answers

to all the wrong questions

The knife edge resharpens

the danger rehoned

 

Seeking the right answers

for all the wrong reasons

The rumors refester

—all truth unatoned

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

The clearer the speech

the deeper its woven

A spinning wheel threaded

—looming divine

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Beyond the future

you find the past

Hiding in the present

—first and last

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Do you find yourself

under those stones that you’ve thrown

Pummeled with self-hatred

forever alone

 

Looking up in delirium

Goliath parades

Blinding your vision

—a gravesite charade

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Mistake #1

not being heard

 

Mistake #2

explaining the words

 

Mistake #3

a phrase zero-sum

 

Mistake #4

mistake #1

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

 

Regretting a dream

…Folies Bergere

Exhaling the magic

Marseille in despair

Seeking forgiveness

Vive Champs elysees

Mimes feigning answers

Montmartre chardonnay

 

(Café de La Paix: December, 1979)

Too fat, too thin

to fly

Too rich, too poor

to buy

Too lost, too found

to try

Too young, too old

to die

 

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)

Death was invented

when life tired of the living

Eternity flexing

—the muscles of time

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)