Disco burnout,
fever rampant erosion
Empty glances,
mirrored hollow drums
Bleeding, starving,
passive alertness
Madeup, putdown
—treadmill run
(Woodlands Hotel: Wilkes Barre- January, 1980)
Hope Afire
Faith is stronger than its outcome,
an end unto itself
Where souls enmire in hope afire
—to light the dream indwelt
(The Book Of Prayers: November, 2019)