WHAT IS A DAZED GLOUGHNUT?

a turd, curved
in the porcelain bowl
steeped in urine


MY PURPLE THUMB

I smashed my thumb
by squatting down on a stool,
my thumb got caught--
What a fool!

(I plunged it into the cool water of the rain barrel.)


MIRIAM & THE PALM

So, when we preach the sun goes down
and it comes up the other side,
the unknown bird repeats its song,
repeats its song, repeats its song
high up, in a palm frond of the tree
sweet Jesus returns to Jerusalem
                                         on a donkey
and Miriam gives birth at the foot of the palm.