clouds before me

Puffs of vapor
we are
before I breathed
they moved and changed.

Before I knew to look up
they gazed down
wept
restored the earth
and human souls.

Before I found images
they shifted and blurred
reflecting sunlight
and thoughts.

Puffs of vapor
to us, as are we to gods
but I know so little
of the truth
of clouds.

Scotchtaped Words

Stuck 'em together
Sticky and stuck
Tricky and bad luck

Stick'em on the
Discernment Board
Across from the pencil sharpener
and chalkboard erasers
Don't misplace 'em
or mix 'em up backwards
those sticky tricky
Words

Made up some words
Today
Redefined a few
Too
Silence, You Pestilence
My teacher yammered
Not my little place
to break up the structure
My silly smug face
caused hers to bluster
laclustre -- ancient
her Words

Definitions get the best of 'em
Critiques like to laugh at 'em
Stories use and abuse 'em
Poetry missed half of 'em

Words
dont think they mind
tricky sticky
sometimes icky

Mmm hhmmmm

Melodic and Monotone

note,
pitch
flat, sharp
inbetween sliding
key, keyboard
bar, phrase
line, stanza
movement, piece
is

first
final
one, all
all at once
all or nothing
all and nothing
sound, sounds
seperate
in succession
in cacophony
is

listen
hear
critique, constrain
observe, open
is