she had a true word or two for Master Nansen
the fragile axis of my Kirk Douglas moment
by now, I must've arm-wrestled the man from Cienfuegos over forty times
I'm a gremlin-on-the-wing type guy
hotel aquarium: the carp follow the slow movement of her hands
all day long
between my toes
ants exchanging hydrocarbons
stepping over the guard rail
introducing myself
to a sycamore tree
in some dimension of spacetime, Robert Mitchum sneers
Rujing refused to wear his brocade robe
on the Great Way
to the Giant Eagle
three faces in the one parmureli
checking the box for morbid introspection
it's the High T'ang in Pittsburgh
sweeping the path
gazing at clouds
toss some cinnabar in that prayer you said you would say for me