frail hinges pivot
on a cases door
commemorative
souvenirs from places
containers change
with each occasion

cellophane encased
displaying paper
certificate
credit years of service
a tool of
central enterprises

the early hope
for permanence the
words the rings
consistency
and social security the
miracles high tragedy


a thought mistaken
for a memory
dress lenghts
assassinations
fractured family ties
christenings

local posts they
list your friends
in order of
disappearance
lawn scattered tins
feed birds the
portion baked for
absent guests

mass edition icon
god sent comfort is
your salvation
but who grants
absolution for sins
that never were committed

tension
makes a tangle
of each thought becomes
inconvenience
sound never penetrate
as servile edges
break and faint

a thought mistaken
for a memory
clear the dust from
smiles in boxes
cross a patterned floor
recall the voices

Poems, Prayers And Promises As Tears Go By The Sunless Smile The Ghost Of You Sting of the Bumblebee Skellig As the Wolves Houl Again Ecstasy EVERYBODY LAY DOWN You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Paralyzed In The Ghetto Bury Me Deep Drilling A Home Stay Gone Mr Frump in the Iron Lung American Jesus (Bad Religion Cover) Evil Come Evil Go New Potato Caboose We Are The Grapes Of Wrath Lone Wolf Another Time Around Old Red Eyes is Back Whatd You Expect

Atom Jack Touch Of Grey Manhattan Kansas Best Woman Wins (Lorrie Morgan with Dolly Parton) Santa Monica Stargazer Deconstruction Entre Nous Superactriz Y Me Quede Suspirando The Seed Of Madness Ya No Quedan Locos 4000 Rainy Nights What I Need Heart of a Hero Strange Angels On the Radio Reflexiones En La Mesa Melt Sometimes Our Only Weapon A Very Special Way So Many Things Mano A Mano