Come down
these chunks of burger
broken back
against the hard plate
fallen soldiers
collected in the morning
swallowed
slugs of hot dog
bitten ends, bitten middles
bite beginnings
in the middle of one hot dog
the stumbled shoulder of one knee down
the slurred rumble of a getaway gateway
not knowing your own mean streak
the hangover of a hangover
the tongue of a seat untaken
that stale yard
a violence in the ground
walked
more than ten years
the long flight
against reality (tv)
party to party to party to party
like battles
til 4am
5am comes along
there are lives made
in small hours’ conversations
and conversions
a whole day
after the storm
steams
temperature taken
up
until its cold and short
and comes
down
Portable flood
quick not to resist
falling easily
an aggressive portable flood
relocates your water
utterance of ice melt
uttering of ice melt
using a branch as a weapon
bigger than yours
heart storms
a series of directions
seen in leaves
and broken
sudden recovery
the eyes knowing
two understandings
the way we talk to each other about the weather has changed
Gap
there’s a gap
the size of a glacier
expanded beyond its flow
expanded beyond where it had flown
a gap made moves
made to move
under sight lines
beyond touch
beyond its touch
a cluttered rut
or a careful pause
it’s hard to know
which way to calve
Tall Holder
Treasures are the sinking slow
ones you hunt
everything else, is a low coward’s shoulder
a grunt already hit the bottom
to hit the bottom, trades the past
empty accounts of windfall
silenced cash
in caches, lumps of purchase and expense
the lake is deep with source
upward tunneling below
the whale you are
is slow, secondary heavy
tongue jammed low against thick gummed jaw
secret current-pulled tow
swift swings out
tool holder and tall holder
not designed to withstand
new tides, waves, high winds
low knowledge
the new coasts will let you know
The Listening
The listening goes well
sandpits at every house
sandpits full of toys
the older and new
earlier machinations
scouring the sky
leaving digs and heaps
heaps of lust left behind
test pit
dream to start
island for time
yours might be more colourful
louder, faster, higher
but
it must be an island
for time
working in floods
with tracks we’ve made
entering fields
over our knees
floating logs
make crafts of trade
listening closely
you hear their motor
and understand their straight line
Take This Hand
Take your hand
before there is
no snow cold enough
before this big thaw
take this hand
before there was
no snow cold enough
this is a big thaw
this was just a week
of weather
we cannot complain
I won’t be
your meteorologist
it’s ok
you are your own
when there’s change
in the wind
you’ll be a face
you’ll gurn good
we can meet at a
conference
on change
and you’ll say something
to explain why change is good
Golden Sunrise
There’s a golden sunrise
on your back pack
it’s saying welcome,
welcome to the future
it’s yours here
yours is having a good time
while all the ridges rise
the desperation
of only standing in time
somebody’s always waiting
while you’ll be anywhere
it’s not a fault line
under your command
it’s a trouble waiter
troubling the other side
remembering the golden sunrise
and the ridges divide
you’ll feel guilt
you’ll feel hazard
ridges have their valleys
open to your fall
over the other side
packing up the world
remembering the golden sunrise
Entrances
Entrances take upon you
sweet old into the room
and the ugly hungry
takes your hands
well hello and I hope you
enjoy the company
it’s the occupier tonight
it’s a swoon for you
we can see it before you
as the ugly hungry
takes your hands
Soldier
Solid soldier
soon older soon bolder
will the world get lighter
for an inactive star
hapless soldier
when do you breathe out
where will you go to ease the load
pass time in aftermath
soon hired soon tired
when will you breathe
will you find a hold
and be held together
will the world get lighter
light weight
Take Change
Remember to take care
you’ve set out
to make change
remember to take care
cause once it notices you
it will set out to make change
on you
you will receive
what you have given
right back
from interpretation
and that’s where
the danger is
ready to care
with interpretation
once it notices you
it will set out
to make change
on you
Walkerfalls 