uncle was an artist
to crack-cocaine
uncle was an artist
anger did him in
uncle was an artist
auto-didact and dangerous
hands were good fast
movements that brought
beauty of our people
in struggle
switchblade to the neck
my uncle was an artist
but ain't no looking back 

What can we see today
to be for you or me 
Today to be today?

What can we hear today
prayer or play for thee
Today to be today? 

What can we feel today
to seal or steal
Today to be today? 

aspirational love
is not
provisional love
is not
is love not life
not crystal dove 
released?

did yr love not cease
unceasingly?
every day
is not love
life? is not
an aspiration
is not love
a provisional one

I get to be on earth (with you)
It's true! I get to be here (w you)

I broke a promise recently
To Attend yr stupid book club
Wouldn't be the first time
There were better things to do
Like bide my time on the porch
Make strange remarks to my neighbors
Alley cats pose for my camera
Recoil from my insistent whisperings 

Go right on spinning
Top go right on
Spinning go right on
Spinning
Top
And don't you dare stop 

well
sweep me off my feet
well
water run lap
well
poison body hole
well
wanna sit & wait
so
see you later
so
down the road
so 
guess yr right
so
hard to stop
swim
the stew
swim
the kelp
swim 
my hands 

careful now!
if you cross the poet
on the wrong evening

you may end up
in her notebooks
and that is no place
for a sour face to be

careful now!
if you cross the poet
on the right evening

you may end up 
in her skin / once yr there
not even sweat 
can get you out

careful now!
if you cross the poet 
on this evening 

shoes come off 
belts come off 
nomatterwhat its made of 
anything from cash to trash!
empty yr pockets
belts come off
shoes come off 
anything from trash
to cash doggy!
da da da da da
doggy!
da da da da da
doggy!
fly on a plane
buzz
sing same song 

sole will come apart
weaken spirit at daybreak
cobble a life here