Grammar school speculators
charlatan math
trading the currency
of borrowed youth
optioning the investment
in forsaken dreams
hedging their futures
with diminished returns
margining interest
—that will never compound
(Radnor School Board: February, 2021)
Lunar Savior
Out and back,
its motion imprisons
out and back,
on an endless sea
The ocean pulling
both hard and wide
the tides recalling
—till setting you free
(The New Room: February, 2021)
But A Promise
of a morning
of a window
singing freely
/once heard
of a longing
of a distance
in the memory
/wayward
of a darkness
of a warning
that prophetic
/sojourned
but a vow
but a promise
a betrothal
/returned
(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)