we went for a walk

I've
been feeling
my arm
around your waist
for days.




November 2011 AKW

puppet

go ahead
shake my bones
into a shape
that is pleasing

go ahead
tie a string
to my fingers
and watch me
dance.




November 2011  AKW

goodnight

goodnight
I whisper

but I know
she won't hear me

she's never
heard a word.




November 2011  AKW

time makes a fool

A familiar tightness
in the belly
gave cause to recognize
that feeling
that all too familiar
shroud 
over each of my 
thoughts



I recognized
the demon
that visits me
had begun
to lose his intelligence.




November 2011  AKW