missive on the wind
(poem for cc)

 t. k. splake

 

“wait caitland wait”

tranny horses warming

blinding whiteout clouds

UP blizzard from hell

motoring north

CLIFFS trailhead turnoff

hiking snowy path

climbing rocky trail

storm abating sky clearing

first dawn

painting wilder-woods-ness

lighting far horizon

“dearest c remember”

past the cobblestone smokestack

around headframe boulders

beyond mine shaft foundation

poet tree location

hidden among pines

we’ll toast morning’s sunrise

collins and smith

icy champagne salute

with green tea candle aromas

maturing “beat” hellion mates

making CLIFFS limnster aerie home

mojo cait with backwater graybeard

above maddening crowds

masses accepting mediocrity

satisfactory way of life

tired numbing platitudes

sucking brain-skulls empty

jackoff moralists

andy of mayberry

family values reruns

continuous psycho-babble hum

glossary of “can’t” excuses

growing generation

sloppy blowjob wimps

people fearing solitude

cell phone umbilicals

pockets full of extra batts

underwhelmed cipher-citizens

prisoners in sad small dreams

constantly phoning others

lacking original imaginations

unlike “driven” creative souls

artistic gamers

not wasting time talking

seriously contesting

elusive damn dame lady muse

giving good weight

producing solid

poetry limn

painting oils

final chapter

shining glaze

CLIFFS commune of two

reading brother brautigan

old charlie “buk”

romantic bardic ballads

into late afternoon dusk

later nestled around campfire

march nighttime heat

listening to wolves

singing love songs

nearby “big rock” lair

two ghostly shadows

survivors from “beat hell”

together at last enjoying

breathe it smell it

spring coming into

blowing across the peninsula

a little earlier

than planned

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