I BEG to be
DEVOURED by
p l e a s u r e
than wracked by

that Knowing came today
in a casket it lay
a thing revealed i say
that which lived now

FATHER oh father where were you;
my crib is destroyed by time and clothing
many sizes smaller and

SOME. thoughts are daggers
as others are kisses
while hugs are squeezed
to contain BURSTING

I took the wax of your melted love
and shaped an orchid-OrGan-garden
of baby breath as legions of

TIME has eaten all the flowers
see how bare and desolate
the countryside screams
In my Eyes the