Behind (to VinVinnyVince)

You can 
only get
anywhere by
having been
somewhere else
before the
only difference
is that
the you
that belonged
to before
can’t come
along to
the new
leave that
bastard behind

Pinch

A pinch
cheek salt
or saffron
adds but
a bit
of affection
bite or
even color
to wherever
it happens
to land

Early

I hear you 
two out there
conspiring making mischief
when will he
you both wonder
kettle and cup
oh now dog
too has joined
the kitchen chorus
bringing along the
cymbals of dish
and adding drum
of tail against
the bedroom door
is it time
yet they sing

Sunny

Egg cracked
in pan
of night
edges dark
bubble brown
turn white
as sun
breaks the
eastern plains
and days
first meal
as morning

Pill

I’d stopped dreaming 
instead settling down
into my routines
reality I realized
was the medicine
I’d been avoiding
the bitter pill
difficult to swallow
down my gullet
washed down with
gulp after gulp
of sour disappointment
and then you
a little teaspoon
filled with sweetness
offered to help
back to dreams
now I go
once I learned