Not all here… not all anywhere.

lately, loving Maasdam cheese
but running low on fresh cilantro
what’s that peculiar twinge in the toe
toe pain from nowhere
why are there ten, incidentally
you know there’s a reason
you know it
just not interested enough
focus — have to focus
overcast third day in a row
the light too diffuse for my spirit
it has a nutty flavor
smoky quality, the ad copy boasts
product of Denmark?
I mean it’s not like I stubbed it
here and gone here and gone
Liam’s so beautiful
when he splits two defenders
poetry in motion
a different intelligence
twinge lasted two seconds
electrical nerve impulse doubtless
way way over, a small patch of blue
far southeastern horizon
but even that blue is hazy
no I think Holland, yes Holland
or do they prefer Netherlands
and he just had to get locs
gots to get them dreads nigga
when I come home I know it
other beings are concentrating
heart knows it brain don’t
bet they know for sure
the mystery behind tenfoldness
fingers too, and the holy Sefirot
so funny in the mornings
prepping in the bathroom
saying “ladies, ladies, get in line”
speaking of women
lovemaking must be soulful
she used to say it, used to live it
when strong I embrace cloudiness
the crabapples are falling
how lovely their pattern
in the soon to perish grass
thing is Holland sounds pretty
windmills and wooden shoes
but Netherlands yukk — floodlands
and dams braced with fingertips
depicts the 10 divine attributes
be they of God or of everything
so the Hebrew mystics chant
maybe I’ll also buy avocados
good with mesclun
and sauteed chicken
a little vinagrette, baby
how about a kiss after that bite
she was right soulful soulful
not passion, misses the point
goal is union while yet separate
in Hindi yoga means ‘union’
all comes down to focus
those sacred timeless seconds
in which all puzzles are seen
like when he finishes a layup
underhand twisting reverse
going to make a nice sandwich soon
maasdam multigrain tomato mayo too
lemon seltzer for beverage
no use for nostalgia
that’s not why I remember
it’s to see drink smell feel
that even now I’ve your lips
even now your breasts heave
and sun gleams kindly brilliant
he is all grown
he is a shiny infant
he is the mirror of life
kids show us all things are possible
even now I taste
for the first time cilantro
and know all about ten
koyaanisqatsi… koyaanisqatsi

_______RS

[ Image : Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word meaning “life out of balance”. The ‘q’ is pronounced like a ‘k’ but further back towards the throat. Always loved that sound. The Hopis lived in and around the Grand Canyon, which of course they revered as sacred. Can one grow up in a better time and place? It is also the name, Koyaanisqatsi, of a uniqely prescient 1982 film about how the world’s increasing chaos arises from nowhere but inside human minds. At present, it is viewable for free on Tubi. ]

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