-when to ravage you-

telling

the way your hair
falls without screaming
into the arc
of your neck

and yet
how it deafens

the loosening ache
of your thighs




revised from 2010

-kingdom-

  when at     times     my hand

enough     deficient

to regrow     stem

cut
of daffodil

a bee

stuck     blood
dry
at the toe

  a drop of     your crazy




revised from 2010