I awoke suddenly under the stars
soundlessly streaking across the sky,
and yelled out to Lawson that the other
dog was gone. Then she nuzzled my hand
and I told him to never mind.
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Archive for March, 2018
Faster than Peter,
past acacia and carob,
I ran to the tomb.
We sang, we danced,
embraced and wept,
jumped up and down, cried out.
Our voices echoed:
the chamber there was empty
past the low doorway.
Alone in the damp,
except for our friend’s garments;
his scent was still there.
I ran past Mary,
leaving the rich man’s garden;
Arimathean
sweet hawthorn kindled
the fires of Golgotha,
from the day before.
Past olive, almond,
apricot, pine, turpentine,
I ran to tell them.
© Carlos Chagall, Easter Sunday, 2013
(with spunk and zany abandonment)
Chag – Chag – Chagallito baby
Chag – Chag – Chagallita baja
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Godspeed is lightspeed
We see until we are blind
Not invisible
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I remember she smelled of Wella Balsam,
an eggnog fresh out of the shower,
creamy and delicious.
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Major avenues of access appear
with the sacrifice of the Bishop,
exposing the Queen awaiting on the diagonal,
a carved oaken femme-fatale
pinning the position, a smirk
from ear-to-ear despite
her inanimate nature.
Love, Carlos
For an old wordpress friend with green eyes
The melody haunts
on the offbeat,
my heart-pulse.
Sad, but
maybe hopeful.
The fuzzy reeds,
breath through tenors,
piano and bass
both upright shake
sand-castles loose
at the turrets.
Doubtful brushes swirl on snares
precise in ambiguous beat,
more color than anything electric.
A young girl
neon-green bikini
samba prone on her lounger
under earbuds to her own muse
or maybe disposable pop.
Surf rolls,
hear that oh-so-soft brush on cymbal?
Grab it, hold on
till fade.
Chicheme, March 2013
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- Written March 21, 2013, poolside under headset,
listening to Miles Davis Kind of Blue, vibing with its drummer, Jimmy Cobb.
P.S. I called myself Chicheme back then. 🙂
The bird’s song is beautifully composed,
trilled variations of a theme, in long
cycles repeating, sometimes days
Articulate in the use
of punctuating silence, rhythmic quiet
where she cedes the world meter to answer
Her call to join-in singing
Chagall 2018
Coyotes eat oats, antelopes cantaloupes,
and big old bears barf barley, while a wolf
would wolf-down a waffle, maybe two.
Chagall 2018
It will be the greatest party you shall ever attend.
I’ll probably have a pool by then and skinny-dipping
will be allowed.
Chagall 2018
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