Organic Traffic

I guess I should remember the
name of the photo-engraving that
hung on the wall there
next to the door
& the way the light came at it
sideways

Was it raining?

It was autumn, briefly,
I could feel it in the light
but preempted by winter too soon
carefully set at a certain angle slant
among bird shadows in the cypress grove

I wrote the song they sing

Exit Velocity

      ROMEO FOXTROT
      Guarded secrets & lug wrenches await
            like the memory of summer rain

RCA BEACH
"This must be the place where St. Francis tamed the wolves"

            DID YOU FALL OR WERE YOU PUSHED?
                        It doesn't matter
                                as long as you
                                        stick the landing