[1]

an obscure shadow about a long low wall
whistles
to the jackdaw

[2]

mind bend
turn towards the middle and catch the music
tears falling

[3]

carnival noise
the cathedral doors look as pregnant
as a wobbling pigeon

[4]

in pale december woods
old cabin greets reaching wild oak
as something about the light shivers

[5]

the case, the lawyer, the room
all gray
as toads

[6]

a man feeling for a knob
brushes a hand
and wife dead of yesternight

[7]

ocean rising
with it the wave
of all our names

[8]

"carry me off, i've seen too many stars!"
cried the dreamer to the stars, but the night
only tumbled down drunkenly, like dunked fishhook

[9]

walk on
leave the house standing on the edge of night
color everything red

[10]

beetles
drop everything
even themselves

[11]

lost
running scared to the left of the scarecrow
as an old man dumps fresh pitch onto the road