TAKE
take your son
down to river
mouth magical cacophonous
half decadent heart
of light take
him with you
witness to how
we make a
new book eating
half a muffuletta
& fanning air
friends of this
book half mad
half prophetic phrenology
crackpot love of
dig down here
he says word
up jive turkey
LASTING
his last &
lasting presence elasticity
o loving time
hot city memory
these firing synapses
no traffic cop
in brain or
heart his last
& lasting presence
father i will
join you now
by heartfelt invocation
crossing decatur street
indeed café du
monde blessing &
repeating you stood
here with bride
fifty-two years ago
PORTAL
for whom? i
do have friends
& you among
them portal door
throttle chortle chicago
evokes them all
begin again or
be stuck in
misconstrual poem &
poeming not about
its excellence we
need more from
each other than
we can give
if we learned
another language your
capgun looks real
"D up monsieur"
IGNITION
--for Charles Lloyd
ignition liftoff clarifying
spring morning sunlight
freshly roasted beans
& payday imminent
this earthturn you
will see what
twenty or twenty-five
more times as
branch artery blood
breath vision instant
specific earthturn call
to hear finite
times delight a
music soul attuned
bass sax piano
drums the water
is wide why
not walk across