The Spirits of WilaKenda

"Nothing haunts us more than our own memories." 

~ Cindy Tebo

Ghost town--

       a collection

             of maple seeds fallen

       off the tree. The New Madrid fault

nearby.

Workplace

Secrets

of the repeat

abusers--no matter

where you go, it turns out they're all 

the same.

 

TANNER

"Grandma,

watch this." A boy's

continuous cartwheels

around the walls of engine house

ruins.

Elephant Rocks State Park

When coins rattle, philosphers are silent.         ~Serbian Proverb

Crveni Krst

The scars

not the tattoos

hiding them--you see one

imagining you know something.

You don't. 

Hwy 185 Sixteen Days After The Election

Both sides

of the highway--

you thought it was just fog

until the smoke burned the tears from

your eyes

k-na-s-go-wa

outlines
in the grass from
where the canoe once slept...
in the next dream the heron, too,
has left

The Place Where It Started

We still 
wear our face masks
on the subway to work.
        No one talks or pretends this is
        normal.