rainbow cut

sandstone to symmetry ruthlessly cut

bear witness

layers— rhizomatic, sedimented

wholesale violence

tentacled—

guilt, regret and much tragic

this malaise nurse do I

a tumbling down

off ribald revelry last night's last

nullified peoples in reified lands

not a Milonga

in taking not that which is given not,

giving not what is earned not—

knife’s edge delicately danced

passion, perseverance, sex and violence

t’is not that but a crude grab

ex con job, bullets ensconced

belief in a jealous god

if not a cloud dark

then no silver that lines

tears dripping off a suburban Hoi An maiden

salten sourdough baguettes

rise with oven’s warmth

mingled with sticky sweat

from last night’s lap dance

the stern Viennese

hands down his prognosis

brands medicated mad

for life

not your typical Ivy League Wiccan

but Mayan mestiza

scraping meagrely

yearns not much but be left alone

to chart a life her own

o rainbow, bittersweet child

beaming sun

bemoaning rain dies

swiftly as it is born

instant of birth and demise

limitless joy

for those who take time

a glance never enough

wont snapping to capture

vain attempt

freeze warmth of time

leaves one cold

wanting

hungry ghost never satiates

mischief clutching

did she really want me?

did he? did they? what was, what is,

what will be but not knowing

was a kiss just a kiss?

ephemeral, what inspires

the permanent stagnates

at rainbow's end

not gold of tamed dragon

but a deserted island

wild void evacuated

of human lust.