Aubade

In a dark place,

the grass man whines
aloud, whistles for
the hound who'll
never come and
s'off having wild
dreams of daylight

in a dark place
full of quiet sound.

Elegy

All-passionate.

We say all-powerful, all-knowing,
(and fancier words for that)
but you, you were omnipassionate,
all the feeling in us unleashed,
untempered, and unafraid.

And the cosmos
came to realize this,
fell in love, was denied,
and couldn't quite cope.

The unrequited universe
convulsed and writhed 
over (the bigness of)
your steadfast pulse
and unrelenting hope.

Quatrains

1.
A certain untied parcel knot
felt unfulfilled and, poorly wrought,
could hardly even hold his place
upon the shifting package face!

2.
Each marble on the cool cement
had come to rest, but soon were sent
away!  All their sense awry
and the satisfied child's cry!

3.
Deep beneath the drizzled lawn
the mole prepares for sleep and yawns
"Why, I'd no idea this rain would seep
down here and wet me in my sleep!"

4.
On the summer-sizzling grill
a slowly simmering meal sits still.
Aspiring diners hope its fate
is to grace their empty plates!

body

if i were
more angular
and jagged
with joints
and bones, visible
like the slowly
groaning cogs
of a reluctant
dynamo
if i were, i'd bet
you'd see
all the proud insides
on this guilty shell
of me