Egairia (invocation)
Djuturna (invocation)
Physical Therapy
Searching in a Mall
Damned if
An Old Love
Freedom of
The Museum of Attraction
In Neighborhood of Piteuss
Flying to China
A Night in Mixed Covers
Her Lead
Ursa Kaua'i
By Her Laboratory
A Place in the Land of Rain
Outflow
Surrogate
The Threat
The Day after Halloween
Marrying Egairia
Delphina
His Mother From the Sky
The storyteller now must stop
Tower
The Uncertainty of Water
Doctor
Home Archeology
Gifts for Egairia
The Country Fair
Withdrawal
The Lost Child
Immortality
The Light of Day
.
Egairia
A dark blue
wearing green skin
that is green
ivory
threading through sand asleep
entering from murk the browns of ground
unperceived
through the
deformations
subterranean
wearing water draped with skin
stippled under
fish
spotted enveloped
waving sand changing eyes scattered
garments discarding sliding over ivory
seasonal adolescence
breast
green
surrounded
surrounded
visiting night Numa
down
pool
filtered
shouting into streams
we are here
we are
rushing away
wearing green skin
that is green
ivory
threading through sand asleep
entering from murk the browns of ground
unperceived
through the
deformations
subterranean
wearing water draped with skin
stippled under
fish
spotted enveloped
waving sand changing eyes scattered
garments discarding sliding over ivory
seasonal adolescence
breast
green
surrounded
surrounded
visiting night Numa
down
pool
filtered
shouting into streams
we are here
we are
rushing away
Djuturna
.
Slowly
Into the surface
the fold of thought
moves
blankly
under her exhalation
of willow
mud
sedimentary
swimming
the light
breaks
into sheets
of wind wishes
calmly
deriving
cloudy
blinking
a bird
washing
the thin
larvae
the inner beds
bottomless
drowning in her
wavering by
murmuring
we are
rippled
dim
carried
floating
partly
submerged
drifting over
Slowly
Into the surface
the fold of thought
moves
blankly
under her exhalation
of willow
mud
sedimentary
swimming
the light
breaks
into sheets
of wind wishes
calmly
deriving
cloudy
blinking
a bird
washing
the thin
larvae
the inner beds
bottomless
drowning in her
wavering by
murmuring
we are
rippled
dim
carried
floating
partly
submerged
drifting over
.
.
Physical Therapy
.
Momentarily
disembodied
floating
through a hall
along the
walls of white
and pediatric
colors
Pahn turns through a door into an expansive room of toys
gym apparatus medical devices
where he sees himself reclining on a futon
and precipitates into his body
Pahn turns through a door into an expansive room of toys
gym apparatus medical devices
where he sees himself reclining on a futon
and precipitates into his body
comfortably
the cotton batting
the cotton batting
beneath his bare skin
looking to the shelved
looking to the shelved
undersides of the counters
The nurses come and go waiting for
The nurses come and go waiting for
visitors
From work
Egairia and Djuturna’s laughter
From work
Egairia and Djuturna’s laughter
flows into the room gurgling
and surging
they follow offering
they follow offering
to the nurses
to help
Egairia
conscientious
and contained
kneels
beside his thighs
taking him in her hands
Djuturna
smiling stands
more timid
watching
Egairia pulls back his skin
holding him
with unaccustomed care
and he grows with the attention
wondering
where this absorption will lead him
his engrossment
becomes
unwieldy
leaning
awkwardly about him
and Egairia
becomes uncertain
of her purpose
Unable to hold him
she rises smiling weakly
to help
Egairia
conscientious
and contained
kneels
beside his thighs
taking him in her hands
Djuturna
smiling stands
more timid
watching
Egairia pulls back his skin
holding him
with unaccustomed care
and he grows with the attention
wondering
where this absorption will lead him
his engrossment
becomes
unwieldy
leaning
awkwardly about him
and Egairia
becomes uncertain
of her purpose
Unable to hold him
she rises smiling weakly
and recedes with Djuturna
from the room
.
.
Searching in a Mall
.Entering the mall
with a sense of vulva
Pahn hesitates
seeing
the lingerie show
lingering
on body stockings
sheer
dark
layered
Aiks has gone on
without him
while he was looking
annoyed
at a man’s interest
in women’s bodies
Searching
for her
through the mall
climbing many flights
eventually
finding the private office
in the upper levels
Bathing there
alone
finding his own body engaging
Pahn hears her
coming up the stairs
and feels ashamed
He holds
his full
insistence
and feels compelled
to hide
the hard and wishful
lonely nature
before
she comes in
on him
in the midst
seeing
the lingerie show
lingering
on body stockings
sheer
dark
layered
Aiks has gone on
without him
while he was looking
annoyed
at a man’s interest
in women’s bodies
Searching
for her
through the mall
climbing many flights
eventually
finding the private office
in the upper levels
Bathing there
alone
finding his own body engaging
Pahn hears her
coming up the stairs
and feels ashamed
He holds
his full
insistence
and feels compelled
to hide
the hard and wishful
lonely nature
before
she comes in
on him
in the midst
of water
.
.
Damned if
.
Pahn is digging
in his fields
He has
a sense of the coming nymphs
with their husbands
in his fields
He has
a sense of the coming nymphs
with their husbands
Their damp forms ripple in
through the door
of his family’s hostel
old and wooden of the
of his family’s hostel
old and wooden of the
craftsman school dark
redwood strongly
horizontal
Self-
consciously
he follows
them
like a gosling
carrying their imprint
out
into the winter
garden
where groves of
Self-
consciously
he follows
them
like a gosling
carrying their imprint
out
into the winter
garden
where groves of
people are wandering
in the dusk
between the houses
a climate of friends
and workers
that lingers
as they regress inside
He walks around Djuturna
(on a couch) who would
embrace him if she were not
sitting with her spouse
and young son
He walks over to Egairia whose
husband is
away and they
drift
into the yard
the turned soil
now waffled
with snow
Beneath an arched arbor
of frozen rose
they lean together
turning aside
before touching lips
Walking closely
up the path
to the street
holding cuffs
they stop to graze collars
Stirring
they remember working
and the days
in the community
and their complacency
blows off
into the bed-sheets
hanging on a line
He stares into the coming day
wondering
if he should avoid her
but he should not
in the dusk
between the houses
a climate of friends
and workers
that lingers
as they regress inside
He walks around Djuturna
(on a couch) who would
embrace him if she were not
sitting with her spouse
and young son
He walks over to Egairia whose
husband is
away and they
drift
into the yard
the turned soil
now waffled
with snow
Beneath an arched arbor
of frozen rose
they lean together
turning aside
before touching lips
Walking closely
up the path
to the street
holding cuffs
they stop to graze collars
Stirring
they remember working
and the days
in the community
and their complacency
blows off
into the bed-sheets
hanging on a line
He stares into the coming day
wondering
if he should avoid her
but he should not
.
.
An Old Love
.She doesn’t
seem particularly
interested
without urgency
without doubt
just enough
Trying many positions
she becomes board
annoyed
waiting
He feels
first
guilty
then angry
He gets harder
uncaring
close
.
seem particularly
interested
without urgency
without doubt
just enough
Trying many positions
she becomes board
annoyed
waiting
He feels
first
guilty
then angry
He gets harder
uncaring
close
.
.
Freedom of
.
There is a woman
like an underwear add
or a magazine of nudes
who seems to be with him
but her heart is not in it
Leaning over her dark face
kissing her
perfect
dark
lips
He wants them around him
but is afraid to ask
Penetrating into
what seems like a void
She is too empty
or distracted
and feeling nothing
he gives up
…
In a room
with a magazine
of naked women
explicit positions
liking neither
the models nor the photographs
…
In a studio
where one woman
or more
is posing
…
Later
he is let out
of a white taxi
driven by a late
middle aged man
Pahn realizes
as the taxi drives away
that he is naked
under a cloudy sky
lit up by lightning
He runs first toward
the taxi to get his clothes
but changes his mind
and runs for home
through the neighborhood where he
like an underwear add
or a magazine of nudes
who seems to be with him
but her heart is not in it
Leaning over her dark face
kissing her
perfect
dark
lips
He wants them around him
but is afraid to ask
Penetrating into
what seems like a void
She is too empty
or distracted
and feeling nothing
he gives up
…
In a room
with a magazine
of naked women
explicit positions
liking neither
the models nor the photographs
…
In a studio
where one woman
or more
is posing
…
Later
he is let out
of a white taxi
driven by a late
middle aged man
Pahn realizes
as the taxi drives away
that he is naked
under a cloudy sky
lit up by lightning
He runs first toward
the taxi to get his clothes
but changes his mind
and runs for home
through the neighborhood where he
grew up holding his genitals
to hide them
He doesn’t hold them now
because no one is around
and he isn’t ashamed
Running faster than he thought he could
with little exertion
through the breeze
He is surprised at
how good this feels
the wind
on his thin body
When he arrives at his
childhood home
he finds Ahnjehlia and Aiks
and neither is concerned
by his nudity
to hide them
He doesn’t hold them now
because no one is around
and he isn’t ashamed
Running faster than he thought he could
with little exertion
through the breeze
He is surprised at
how good this feels
the wind
on his thin body
When he arrives at his
childhood home
he finds Ahnjehlia and Aiks
and neither is concerned
by his nudity
The Museum of Attraction
.Riding in her
big truck
Pahn and Djuturna
without a word
because sometimes
they don’t know what
to say they
come to a building
stop
enter a large
room with exhibits
Djuturna walks
quietly
to the information desk
by herself
and Pahn walks straight
to the art
Statues
The first
in white picnicking
sitting
reading
the paper
Then an ensemble
19th century
gathering
well dressed in hats
and bustles
To the left
figures
more fluid lavender
gauzy
fabrics over nude cast
dancers
As the sculptures end
high on a wall
(out of reach)
A large
black
and white drawing
of a couple
joined
along a perfect
seam
recurring legs making
a tight
uninterrupted
line
from ankles
to mons—
their torsos far
big truck
Pahn and Djuturna
without a word
because sometimes
they don’t know what
to say they
come to a building
stop
enter a large
room with exhibits
Djuturna walks
quietly
to the information desk
by herself
and Pahn walks straight
to the art
Statues
The first
in white picnicking
sitting
reading
the paper
Then an ensemble
19th century
gathering
well dressed in hats
and bustles
To the left
figures
more fluid lavender
gauzy
fabrics over nude cast
dancers
As the sculptures end
high on a wall
(out of reach)
A large
black
and white drawing
of a couple
joined
along a perfect
seam
recurring legs making
a tight
uninterrupted
line
from ankles
to mons—
their torsos far
apart
.
.
In Neighborhood of Piteuss
.Pahn and Piteuss talk
and amble
in the blue light
of a cloudy evening
through the murky small
downtown streets
They turn
into a small plaza
with a platform
like a boxing ring
or a helipad
Climbing the stairs
a stage
they hug and remember
a past union
She is leaving her husband
and she is pregnant
Pahn asks
Piteuss with some worry
who is the father
She holds him tightly
and tells him she
is nearly certain
it is he
And they are both very glad
that it is Pahn’s
and amble
in the blue light
of a cloudy evening
through the murky small
downtown streets
They turn
into a small plaza
with a platform
like a boxing ring
or a helipad
Climbing the stairs
a stage
they hug and remember
a past union
She is leaving her husband
and she is pregnant
Pahn asks
Piteuss with some worry
who is the father
She holds him tightly
and tells him she
is nearly certain
it is he
And they are both very glad
that it is Pahn’s
and not her husband’s
.
.
Flying to China
.The plane is full of red
pandas
fertility
health bounty
flying
toward the western mountains
the wife and mother’s
side of the bed
to return them
to their homeland
They crash
and settle
into Aiks’ chaos
on the cool
mossy sheet with mottled
boulders
knees
elbows
trying to straighten
the blankets to assess
what is left debating
the course to take
Pahn finds
Djuturna
Isolated
from the wreckage by a buffer
of cool empty
air starting to walk
away
quietly in
to tranquility around her
the path
appears to part
and focus
clearing
like murk settling
in slow moving
pandas
fertility
health bounty
flying
toward the western mountains
the wife and mother’s
side of the bed
to return them
to their homeland
They crash
and settle
into Aiks’ chaos
on the cool
mossy sheet with mottled
boulders
knees
elbows
trying to straighten
the blankets to assess
what is left debating
the course to take
Pahn finds
Djuturna
Isolated
from the wreckage by a buffer
of cool empty
air starting to walk
away
quietly in
to tranquility around her
the path
appears to part
and focus
clearing
like murk settling
in slow moving
river
.
.
A Night in Mixed Covers
.Lying beside Aiks
awake or dreaming
thinking
of a body’s need
of skin
of muscle
His want
is larger than usual
and he brings it
over
to show her
Twisting about her
like ropes of damp clay hilly
an active landscape
inverted
and coming apart
at the joints
He retracts
to find
her inner skin
on him
like a condom
Grasping
at her separated
arms
thighs
and belly
throwing
his own parts
into her
they tangle
into a melange
of wishes
awake or dreaming
thinking
of a body’s need
of skin
of muscle
His want
is larger than usual
and he brings it
over
to show her
Twisting about her
like ropes of damp clay hilly
an active landscape
inverted
and coming apart
at the joints
He retracts
to find
her inner skin
on him
like a condom
Grasping
at her separated
arms
thighs
and belly
throwing
his own parts
into her
they tangle
into a melange
of wishes
and limbs
.
.
Her Lead
.Hiking together in the steep outer coast
Artemisia-covered hills
of moist silver-
green
the road is wide and umber
terracing the slope
as it is shunted aside
and
Egairia suggests they leave
the road and go up over the hard
rocky crest
Pahn pulls his grocery cart
rough and dragging
up the broken
stony ridge
Finding
the other side
far steeper
despairing to restrain
the cart down with him
Pahn lets go
that it rolls to the bottom
landing in a wet
ditch
He has doubts
about leaving it there
but he is calmed
by Egairia’s lack
of concern
He follows
her climbing the next ridge
as she leads him
toward her house
…
Jumping into a chute
(stainless steel—
like a change maker)
they land
easy in her kitchen
eating breakfast
and visiting her father—
a mild and encouraging
incarnation of Pahn
He leaves them to their business
going
about his chores
and Pahn is comfortable
in her place
…
After a time
he remembers
his people
and returns to the strength
the wheeled weight of his
Artemisia-covered hills
of moist silver-
green
the road is wide and umber
terracing the slope
as it is shunted aside
and
Egairia suggests they leave
the road and go up over the hard
rocky crest
Pahn pulls his grocery cart
rough and dragging
up the broken
stony ridge
Finding
the other side
far steeper
despairing to restrain
the cart down with him
Pahn lets go
that it rolls to the bottom
landing in a wet
ditch
He has doubts
about leaving it there
but he is calmed
by Egairia’s lack
of concern
He follows
her climbing the next ridge
as she leads him
toward her house
…
Jumping into a chute
(stainless steel—
like a change maker)
they land
easy in her kitchen
eating breakfast
and visiting her father—
a mild and encouraging
incarnation of Pahn
He leaves them to their business
going
about his chores
and Pahn is comfortable
in her place
…
After a time
he remembers
his people
and returns to the strength
the wheeled weight of his
groceries
.
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