The Vietnam
amputees defeated
their Iraq counterparts by a score
of three-to-two when the
first-baseman for the losing team
dropped the ball allowing Jimmy Jones
to hobble across the plate with the
winning run the
president wired his congratulations
Angry Hermits
angry hermits sit
in fertile trees
beating on ancient warrior drums
like mad men attacking the evening air
while down below societal bloodhounds
thrash through knee-high grass
sniffing for hungry clues
to their existence
For JW
I entered your
body
an animal seeking refuge
from the storm of yourself
a creature running down the
depths to escape the fury of anger
I entered like the
mountain
coming to Mohammed,
darkening the sky of everything
but the awareness of strength
the gales of my winds
stealing voices from your soul
you entered the
body of my mind
soft
a lady in white
sharing no banner
other than that of the moon,
pitted one jewel of light
which the sun would not reach
You entered
like a frightened bird
fleeing the hard lands of winter
the winds of my heat
bore you aloof.
together
we entered
the body of our poems
