A hundred autumn leaves
Gracefully dancing down across light currents
On a backlit tree
The sun sets on the person we
Grew out of today
Now, only laughter and fond memories

My heart is a purse
With gold latches
In a tall, square, blue velvet box
Open it
It's filled with confetti

He's strumming a guitar
Sitting at a desk
Piled high with papers
The marshmallow man
Walks through the chain-link fence
Skin patterned blue
Plaid and paisley stripes
Creeping up the arms
Like a sky infection
Twice
I got a long way to go
To get back to where I was
I'm in love with my bed
Tomorrow I rise

Plump juicy strawberries
Ripe and sweet and wet
Bursting in the mouth
Then dying red and sumptuous

Anger's like a sneeze
We all should say "God bless you"
In ugly outbursts of all kinds
'Cause ugly is false and passing

The devil inside
Makes you lonely
We're all born to glow
In the innocence of love

But we can't always help it
In our weakness we will fail
Best to do no further harm
Get some exercise
Be alone

Gather support; do your calisthenics
To keep the demons
On the outskirts
You'll need vigilance and blessings

The grass is as important as the cattle
And the cowboy and his dogs
And the horse
And the birds high in the trees
All glory asks
Is that we do what we are able
It's so hard to tame these minds
But your actions can be beauty if you move with pride and courage
And environmental nuance

A side-winding snake
Glides over the packed desert earth
A wellspring of cold clear water
Gushes generously ahead
I slurp out of my clean cupped hands
Burnt but refreshed

I wanna do a backflip
Just to prove
I can move my body
Any way I like
I want to curl up next to you
And fall asleep on your arm
To feel your heart beating
And your waves across my skin
I could stare at you all day
And get tangled in your beauty
Diversions in these bodies
Fun and sex and nudity

I know my life
Is the most important story ever told
The secrets of the universe
Are hidden in me
I know the terrain
I will be my guide

Have you ever watched yourself murder
In cold blood
With no remorse
And thirst for more
In the absence of God and love
Have you ever felt your face
Twist demonically
As you shoved a stranger
Felt your cheek grow numb in rage?
Have you ever stabbed someone
Then enjoyed
The quickening of your pulse
As you watched them struggle
Has rage infected you?

It's not that humans are basically good
That gives me hope
But that they're basically basic

We make people complex
With our words and gossip
When the truth is usually simple

Neither moved by evil
Nor compelled by good
A human acts human
In response to human needs

If you are still confused
There is no lazy
There is no stupid

There is only human