11 September 2010
30 April 2025
original poem had background image

unvisited rooms

i fell thru suburbs
of unvisited rooms
where water mandalas
rotated no longer

and after the bombs
trees rocked in moonlight
behind them other trees
and above the clouds hurried

a child lay on a highway
where cars rushed
minutes before
their sitar vowels

had tried to frighten her
with ivory objects swallowed
whole the whole
box of dice

flinch not, meliorist
i predict you’ll
inspect the body
for answers

and be looking
in the wrong place