of tiredness, the fatuousness, the semi-
lust of intentional indifference.
Be wet
with a decent happiness

-Robert Creeley

yes, yes
that's what
I wanted,
I always wanted,
to return
to the body
where I was born.

--Allen Ginsberg

we have all been brothers, hermaphroditic as oysters
bestowing our pearls carelessly

no one yet had invented ownership
nor guilt nor time

we watched the seasons pass, we were as crystalline
as snow
and melted gently into newer forms
as stars spun round our heads

we had not learned betrayal

our selves were pearls
irritants transmuted into luster
and offered carelessly

our pearls became more precious and our sexes static
mutability grew a shell, we devised different languages
new words for new concepts, we invented alarm clocks
fences loyalty

still...even now...making a feint at communion
infinite perceptions
I remember
we all have been brothers
and offer carelessly

--Lenore Kandel

our stash is in our elbows
our fix is in our heads
god is a junkie and he has sold salvation
for a week's supply

-- Lenore Kandel