…keeps 
someone away I suppose. Those who might prefer a menu to prose… Still plugging away on some 2017 material, here are three more to toss into the ether… for better or for worse, bathwater and all.
“prurient” 2017
view
of the viper’s mask
the omniscient ticking of the heart
the vessel
once cavern now glut
swells with sin
prurient
a chide
a cause
a curse.
“carved” 2017
ancient tree
scarred with the abuse of seasons
initials of love
“upon a park” 2017
conversation of pigeons
busy about
one false move – riot!
to calm.
pebbles skip-sink to the bottom
ripples drown out
into the mouth
of the horizon
