from
All That Has Come Apart/Once Did Not Exist,
released December 15, 2020
There’s a hearse leading a procession
A jogger running by
A woman looking past them
Remarked,”it’s nice outside”
And it is I feel the sun on my face
It is morning in the fall
A Toyota burst into flames
As we were walking by
A neighbor yelled a name
A guy came out and smiled wide
Saw a little old lady yell
From the window of a bungalow
“It’s gonna blow!”
And it did
Saw the flame expand and glass shatter
The guy smiling wide erupted into laughter
All that has
Come apart
Once did not
Exist
To have a broken heart
Is more
than one
Should wish
Rain fell on your fresh face
Lake shore in late May
Dwarfed by all the buildings
Enlarged by a feeling
Sun burnt back and laughing
Buzzed on afternoon beer
Swallowed by a shadow passing
And then we disappeared
This morning I felt your absence
It seemed to envelop me
Flooded by old images
Crushed by possibility
All that has
Come apart
Once did not Exist
To have a broken heart
Is more
than one
Should wish