9/11/05 -  hello

falls
like stream of con-
ciousness
a perifery of death
to remind me i am still alive
"Hello"

hello can be such a sad word
if someone thinks you're dying
like "Oh are you still here?"
or
"keep your distance"  or
"Oh, hi Steve"
in a far-away melancholic voice

hello is a mind-grill
a wrong #
sometimes

death is a
pale perifery
we all ride sooner & later
sometimes an edge to pull back from

i am upstairs in my head
pale looks
eyes cast downward
half-joking
"Oh you're still here?"
i ask the crescent moon

such a bright evening
to sweat in to
catch the signal & switch tracks

" mine eyes have seen the glory.........."

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