Spoon

Thinking of you

Stirring my coffee

Hearing that tink

Which once angered

Now woefully missing

Even summer knows

That it will

Once again kiss

Fall and winter

Relies on spring

But me now

What I have

Is simply that

Muted sound of

My own spoon

ConeyIsland (to You)

It is in

These early dawn

Hours when asleep

You all are

That I find

My greatest peace

You still sleeping

Yet I am

Now dreaming these

Delicate petit fours

Sweet and savory

Morsels of memory

That tickle and

Hang and dissolve

And disappear into

Another and another

These waves coming

Ashore bringing with

Them trinkets of

By gone times

That I collect

Like a child

On Coney Island

Wondering where they

Started then remembering

It was there

Of course way

Way out there

And reaching out

To the horizon

I pinch that

Thin line between

Sea and sky

Gone they go

Replaced now by

Your sleepy eyes

Looking at me

SundayMorn

The sky is

Filled with plump

Blimps tethered to

Trees by the

Dropped lines of

Falling silent rain

Above halos of

White sunshine hovers

Like deep stark

Snowdrifts on rooftops

Apt to fall

At the least

Shake of warmth

Above that days

Blue blemishes peek

Like curious children

Through the knotholes

Of weathered pine

As the deep

Rich aromatic brew

Wafts beside me

And silence silences

Every other thing

Wading

It is in

These wee cool

Hours before dawn

While I wade

In the shallows

Of my emotions

And feel the

Small fish and

Salamanders nip and

Brush against me

Tickling and dancing

Knowing they are

There simply by

Feeling them near

Isn’t that love

Curiosity and happenstance

And the chance

Of brief affection

Let those come

And touch you

AfterBefore

This morning’s sky

Has cleared like

That upturned look

And sweet slight

Smile through tears

After we knew

We must part

As we sat

Sitting and breaking

And saying nothing

Because post truth

Nothing else is

Really ever heard

At least not

In the same

Way as before