doomcookie: &starry: earlier work

brand new dagger   (listen in RealAudio)

should have sewn that tight
closed against stagnation. should
have never left a small rip
and called it done. should
have never. never.

the smell of vinegar hits
just before the tang
and the salt. the smell
is of marshes, the wind over dunes
the hot-fish market. Pike,
should have never. never.
should.

brave. should have.
step; she was outside.
the smell of vinegar, the sweet
of skin, the ocean
and she who is elsewhere.
sniff the dunes for her.

missing. should
look. but;
close eyes.
jump.

1996