three - 1890 vs ?

feathers and powder and lipstick
dresses
primping and preening
like a peacock for the camera
hundreds of dusky photos
always the same sweet
half-smile
i am a good girl
i am not normally like this
but i am so hungry
for love
kisses and a/c
fizzy cold remedies
just lie quietly
don't worry
i won't give you too many
all at once
i know how your heart can be
piles of drawings
are these my aunt's?
is grandmother here?
luxurious wealthy
can afford to be slovenly
making things hard to find

i just want to trace the lines

108 dreams

(this is the bird on my toe in the artwork on the cover of gravity...)

i am really loving the 108 nights 108 dreams experiment. so much so that i think i will also post my own contributions here as well...

the first poem i submitted yesterday:

ONE - bird heart

cowboy biochemistry professor
teaches a renegade class
on how to fly
glasses of wine
videos of clouds and sky
playing over and over
till we are immersed
i practice
with one foot anchored
so not to fall
finally
i let go
and i fall

and fall

until i remember
that tiny feeling in my chest
which with softest focus
i expand

and expand

till it keeps me afloat

i wonder if this is why birds' bodies
are all heart