� 2002 by john e
insatiable when tumbling
he wails he has no fingers
in the dark his palms brush against
shrubs lacerated in the dark
tumbling past his home his family
even his manner his own thoughts
speeding without decline
a thud yet his heart still tumbles
at the bottom of this hill
in the eye of his dream
he hallucinates grey thermometers
last rites
arising
he dusts his tramp's attire
above in his dream
she lies before him
open, telling everything
lost in herself
touching his wounds
gently with his eyes closed
he pinpoints her skin
exact he smells her
he his her
the stars are real, mock art,
comfort
him as he climbs again