from swim in dirty water

2001

looking out for the place marks
where natives tended native plants

the mark of irrigation stones
placed in hillsides
to draw the water down

quiet typology in the topography

bioengineeringbiodiversityconference here

torn at the sleeves of words

someone in disbelief
saying you you you

the latest is studs & tattoos
as always getting
naked
is hip

figures like angels coming in
wearing bright purple, yellow,
pink shoes (no glitter)

who says mine has a lot already

some girl, the one i once was, with a shocking pink purse
could read big books had a big vocabulary

whatever i say i mean
i probably mean i do my
utmost best to mean

i came close & closer and then
our words got out of hand

and anyone is different and so
who is to say why what they say
is not what they mean to say
in all innocence

she's putting her hands together

whatever you say

one big heart

under this earth some dissolved
clay pots, some bits of bone