Robert Leaver

Tell Him there was once a time before all the racket when a blue whale sounding off Alaska could hum deep across the Pacific a new song to his beloved cruising Tahiti and the notes would shiver through thousands of watery miles vibrating salt crystals tickling dolphins jiggling jellyfish epic ocean reverb delivering the ultimate bass hymn of endless devotion and she would hear it and celebrate with a rush of love straight up into the light a blue freight train exploding through the plate glass surface into the sky 5/25/10

REALIZE the heart beats around the clock it's just a barely controlled attack The blood charges downstream upstream food and booze come and go The brain sizzles and sparks all nighters every night for a lifetime my eyes stay wet open or shut and I still try to understand what things mean when I wake up in the morning I can drive home from the dunes and nearly make myself insane wondering how the body just keeps working and how hard it will be to finally say goodbye 2/22/10

The bear sank searching for ice slow he fell away from the light turning as if in air the white hair the wind of motion drowning down to the bottom 1/28/10

Haiku #2 Ruler of shadows Intoxicated shaman Bike home for dinner

TALONS I was a Union driver in a monster Black Yukon in charge of one Big shot TV Producer Shooting the pilot Outside the city across the river At the abandoned military base Miles of weeds, warehouses Cracked tarmacs, haunted lots And me with hours to kill I drove to the edge Jerked off and poked around Behind giant balls of barbed wire I found a freshly dead barn owl Golden wings splayed Fallen night angel I knelt down My walkie squawked I rushed back for the false alarm Borrowed a hacksaw from the key grip I needed the talons The cutting took so long The ankles of an owl Tough as rebar.