RaNdomNess
mid June
at high noon
the brewery’s scent
thick humidity elicits
beads of sweat
tumbleweed rolls
fierce rivals
staring
wind shapes
wispy clouds
rainforest canopy
tucans in the trees
swaying
the damp ceiling
and mold spreading
•
the stripper’s apartment
alone
she waters her flowers
bills piling up
the phone dies
anticipation
a teenage mother
watches out the window
rain and peeking sun
a rainbow is born
vomit
the color matches
the marigolds
scotch sloshing
in his stomach
•
standing naked
the moon
over the rice field
midnight rendezvous
lovers’ conquest
the billy goat
hides
from the hungry troll
meadow on fire
dance ritual commences
cascading water
calms the rage
one blossom remains
motionless, Bambi stares
into his dead mother’s eyes
•
orphaned deer
the hunter
puts away his rifle
white lilies
unfolding
innocence lost
the hymen
breaks
feeble confession
the altar boy speaks
epiphany
trysts of yesterday
haunt the priest
barren branches
fork through the sky
•
dirty underwear
floats away
up-turned canoe
bubbles from below
still drinking
fish floating
toddler asks
about heaven
down the toilet
a soul raises up
full moon
teenagers play
ghost in the graveyard
dull light
on the gravestones
•
epitaph reveals
a family’s past
hero
kittens crying
mother returns for breakfast
cleaning up
spilled milk
she sings to herself
mailman stops by
the window
cherry blossoms
create a cloud
falling red
future lies before me
like an open mouth
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