herbal lessons half a life

basil darling, don't
regret the small forever,
never sever all

country gnome and city gnome are at it again

flicker flicker, red
is sicker, while we bicker
up the broken shoe

a big thing presses on

bear paw patter fall
forge along a rocky wall
in the evening light

careful revelers

dry-head amorphous
melody of darkest grape
against untold flame

too much is all the same

coloring the mind's
mercurial transmission
inside, overflow