Friday, August 27, 2004

Where to begin...

WELL. It certainly has been a while. My trip to China was fantastic, but that seems years ago now. The truth is, I had a hard time focusing on the experience because my mind has been preoccupied all summer with bigger news...I got married last week. In VEGAS, baby!!! I know what you're thinking, but there was nothing cheesy or Elvis-like about it. It was beautiful, efficient, and a hell of a lot of fun for everyone who came. The times do change, the times certainly do change, my friends.

SUMMIT

All elastic illusions of space & time
dissipate & unwind
like the back of his hairline
tracing his nape into great lakes of golden fuzz
teaming in whirlpools
that suck up the ripples of muscles

Dreams come back to haunt me
but this is just the entropy
of all the would be's
the sun so bright,
the insides of my sunglasses
are reflecting strange eyes
I struggle to look in,
imploring me
just not to look stoned

Making plans as liquid as molasses,
the past dropping off
like a crumbling cliff
flashing through money-shot moments
with smiles as wide as wild dogs
clamoring for the summit
on feet more sure than those that fumble downward


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