Between State

rate this impulse: fill the page
errands like this reveal
streams of forbidden will
wiser even than 25 years of humiliation
not so smart now are we
repeating

wrapped around the reflection
the blue curl of 6
pillow of nostalgia
no angry fragments of tomorrow
just hours of artificial rescue

ribbed garden, dangling return
evading, escaping the familiar moments
turning as a sudden monster.

silhouette of a friend
waves from the station.
that was long ago, and
someone else's friend.
all that remains
is his piano.

whirling, the torturous voice
gratefully far away,
the darkness trembles
with waiting light.

9/10/09