2023 AWAKENING xxviii

  1. feeding breast
    pale cherry blossoms
    in bloom today
  2. the morning moon’s pale light feeding breast
  3. yellow chrysanthemum
    now, how many layers
    do i seem to have piled on atop the other?
    sunshine
  4. sunshine
    however many petals has
    the yellow chrysanthemum
  5. sunshine
    in countless kinds
    yellow chrysanthemums
    bloom
  6. summer suns
    O, sweet canary
    in how many months
    have you come to meet me?
  7. goldfinches–
    sunshine
    does never seem to end
  8. summer goldfinches
    are pale, yet
    in a moment, i sweat
  9. goldfinches —
    the ever-continuing
    summer damp heat
  10. daybreak sunrise
    is gone from view–
    soaring finch
  11. daybreak sunrise
    how charming are
    soaring finches

2023 AWAKENING xxii

  1. snow-heavy blossoms her feeding breasts
  2. hazy moon
    below her eyes
    swollen breasts
  1. cherry blossoms—
    seasoned husband
    sneaks into his wife’s blouse
  2. peeking into
    wife’s sleeping shirt…
    cherry blossoms
  3. peeking out
    from wife’s soiled shirt…
    cherry blossoms
  4. peeking in, peeking out
    through soiled blouse…
    cherry blossoms
  5. anxious husband peeks
    over wife’s shoulder…
    cherry blossoms
  6. a wiggling worm
    peeks out…
    excited husband
  7. creeping vine
    peeks out from husband’s pants
    looking for sex
  8. under covers of darkness
    seasoned husband slithers
    from his hole
  9. distant cherry blossoms—
    the spring colors
    of her breasts