ROBES, BUSTS AND RHYMES

more or less equal is less or more like

what she wanted he thought

as the bed had its say

and the shutters bored

on with nothing

except shielding

mother

mary

volcano

from sleep

and shipping news into

polling stations as a soft

pull at democratic intent

that word, she said

brings me closer to coming

than any promise made by tongue

wheel or legislator alike

wild buffalo

shores dried up

long before the promise

of an ocean