re-dressing

Unseasonable Dress

                                                           

At the edges of re-dressing

each succession in taffeta

hand-sewing slows the pace

for pleasure of investigation

I can get near     by.

Much summing up done,

what keeps going is conversation.

What makes me care is why

I am interested enough to inhabit

where an accountant is tiptoeing through \\\ grass.

                                                                       

Laugh of obfuscation

quotes from arguments

had with other men;

scabby mountains are descended.

I dance through Dutch country

part tulips with my toes

leasing long this rented charisma

limberness, utter movement.

I laugh only for my friends

an offering of tears.

I stopped wearing mascara

as a pre adolescent.

So don’t say something for me.

Leaping forward, adding pathos

to an over soppy situation:

We went to custody over lost years --

not certain what really can be saved.

I do not feel sorry

for the woman alone. 

I wouldn’t kill her off

in an unexpected way

because we are tired of the story;

we think we know occasions

by talking about them -- 

Put on this unseasonable dress

of hope.

2003 

we spent the day early in may going to the children's discovery museum, serendipity, then town square. you may think with boys you get chaos, bodily sounds, and oblivious disrespect.  however, these boys are amazingly respectful, full of love, mannerly and pure joy.  the draw to electronics is a small issue compared to their fabulous selves.  these boys keep connected to me and i love it. they keep me hopeful.