Free Time

Free from the tyranny of license plates
and their nagging need to be decoded,
free from all things I must do until I get them right,
I will let my gaze lie idle on the wave
before me and the next one too,
watching only for the gleaming arc of dolphins
and the military fly-bys of the serious pelicans
cruising down the valleys of the sea.

May 23 2014

Possibilities

So grateful
for every night in which
the air is to my skin like nothing
or the softest invitation
to wear my jacket open
and let the leash make an idle J
while the dog explores his possibilities
written on the lamp-lit street.

May 3 2014