Uneven warble
bird song breaking out at dawn
I couldn’t name it

Animals squabble
who can point to proper blame
out my dark window?

Brief, compacted wind
sweeps through the stuttering trees
but does not touch me

MIXED PIXELS

I’m just coming into resolution
but I’m friggin’ losing it!
I’m the pause button before
the calm before the storm.
I’m a handful of neutered
thunder claps, I’m the sound
of one hand washing the other,
I’m part of the bigger picture.
Won’t you mix with me?

Chain-link casts shadows
a distorted spider web
for me to walk through

Luminous city
like an afterthought rising
from the river’s mist

Dawn’s dull light spills in
azalea blooms burst blood-red
a deepening green