Carnal Madness (+2)

The prostrate lizard,
hated savior,
crawls the crooked road to the city

Figures, sinking with the light,
bending your prayers
—watching the sun

Light retreats
as shadows leave,
emptying space for a new awareness

Its carnal madness
telling again and again
—how far you’ve come

(West Philadelphia: December, 1972)

Sold Unborn

Give me back my kidnapped youth,

distiller of the night

Return the sun from whence it’s gone,

expose this darkened fright

Give me back the future-past,

all memory on the run

Return those days once sold unborn

—to where my joy has gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2020)

Vox A Priori

A Poet first,

long before the first word

Musings inherent

—crying to be heard

(Dreamsleep: May, 2020)