For Sean

"The hall clock strikes two daylight filters through a crack in the doorway to where i lie Useless, indolent with rest, all ambition sucked out and clear through me. And i wish to be a monk wish for t..."

"I can remember a time Was long ago indeed. When strength lived in this body, Before the dawn of darkness And before the presence of sadness, Beauty was predominant. Where once there lived such greatne..."

"Occasionally I look on you Without my solemn reserve In a place where time stands still And I forget to breathe But dwell upon a beauty And live inside a paradise Delusions disappear And clarity presi..."

"A sea: so calm, so quiet, I mistake it for tinfoil, with the sunset spilling liquid gold upon its surface- reflecting and taking and reflecting back, as I drive home to a house as still, as silent as ..."

"I see him vividly and vaguely at the same time In plaid patterned pants, In baseball caps. He has risen like Jesus And died like Spring each in tiny parts. Sounds surround ears, then fall away, Eye..."

"Oh meWith my Silly deceptionAnd my Happy masochism.The perfectSpecimenWith a bright gold toothAnd a diamond stud,You pushand pullTo gain controlInvisiblyAround me,Without real effort.And i retreat Now..."