Strong Hearted Hummingbird

Hummingbird,
Humming
bird,

only the palest
sharks should keep
with you now.
This time,
little tragedy,
you must not
forgo safe harbor.

It had been sung,
from woven perch’s
that
you were intended for
more than this
looming
sphere.

Yours
the trills
that fog
and stars
stood devoted
in
patterns
for.

leeeeettttle
lovvveeerrrrr
llleeelllyyyy
one.

Honey laced filaments,
gathered,
beating,
in
winged
agreement.


Fragrant stamens ache,
beholden.

What great resistance
it takes
not to pounce
to cradle,
to crush
a cheek
into this
alluring

talisman.

Please do-
resist,
that is.

For she has
escaped
the beaded,
portentous
fists
for this long...

and
even
strong
hearts
become
negligent
in
thorny weather.

James Joyce's Ulysses

Fed and feeding brains about me:under glowlamps,impaled,
with faintly beating feelers: and in
my mind's darkness a sloth of the underworld, reluctant,
shy of brightness, shifting her dragon scaly folds.
Thought is the thought of thought.
Tranquil brightness.
The soul is in a manner all that is:
the soul is the form of forms.
Tranquility sudden,
vast,
candescent:
form of forms.

-Ulysses

The Sovereign's of Broken Glass

The sovereign’s of broken glass…

have been libeled
and maligned.
Their names cast about
as
coquettish flies
in
hop infused air.

Strategies
based on hypothetical
wretchedness.
Disparaging glances
towards
ripe,
threadbare
wardrobes.

Steady on
mechanical quills!
Do your duty by
these
carping citizens.
Must not forget to drop a quarter.
Hear.
And…
“Sympathy”
from afar
lest
we have relations.


Por supuesto,
best interests in mind.
But of course.

Cemented in tonsils,
sovereign's,
your invisibility is
palpable.
And no one
can
eliminate
your steps.

Sacrosanct chimes
clang
before the sun rises.
Lapis lazuli,
indigo gold,
sapphire glints and
fluorescent scented metals.

One can’t pretend to know.

Perhaps it’s just an
idyllic moment
caught,
stilled.

Gathered
in friendly hives
along the riverbanks.
Hypnotic
shhhhhhhhhhhhhh
of the concrete plants
and passing
barges.
Sharing stories of the city,
into the ears of trees.
Laying,
slumped,
or taut
amongst sweet pea
vines,
sun
bleached grass
and geese crap.

Peeking
From on high.
Saluting!
Salutations!

Mighty
compañero’s.