"...Vision Clearing"

Roseworthy

bamboo ceiling fans Overhead the

elaborately etched elephant Ivory scrimshaw,

as patterned people cluster in tumbling grasses

outside the wet Redwood fenceline,

laying on berms of brown tipped 

South African bamboo shoots.

And like the conquest of the morning dew

on desiccated leaves,

she has sunrise sheer beauty;

and

she is Roseworthy in my eyes.

-Jason-

June 1, 2011

jar of dried jelly

raw berry blue luster

tarnished copper plate patina

ever oxidizing,

      sun and air

Stratford to Hollywood,

Woolworth and Woodward.

stuck to glass like a deserted

dime-store dead goldfish,

dried jelly

always tasting

Bitter

always dehydrated

to my parched…    but

singed

palette.

-Jason-

June 7, 2011