Knock-kneed bamboo windchimes
along with a badly tuned mandolin
conspire to hijack my otherwise
delicate sensibilities
dusted green
submerged
rationalized into silk
& the long way back
across the sand
where you & I knock down the
auguries of innocence
in rusty tidepool sessions
out of the Del Taco blue
of a smoglit eternity
& the residual
low frequency neon
caged in its
velvet fadeaway