"I awoke that morning To a sudden clang of silence A pallid morning light Bleeding from dusk’s horizon Some ersatz pyre Mocking the glory of dawn As I stepped outside And the wind Grew hot on my face I knew what we had done" We kindled poison suns That we might strike first And bathe in fire To cleanse the earth Of those we feared Would cleanse us...Learn More

On this day, I fall Let my arms break Under the weight A babbling brook denied Becomes a deluge I fear my failures Will wash the earth clean Of all I've built The waters come As I sleep Safe in my bed Safe in my room Safe in my home Safe in my dreams Trapped in a valley I fear my failures Will wash the earth clean Of all I've built...Learn More

I love you But we are a broken hammer: All shims and splints, and full of good intentions I set fires I set fires I fill the sky with light I set fires We talk in the heat Like a dry summer creek Filled with last winter's leaves A silence of nettles Old growth, and underbrush And the pitch pine bark Hides a turpentine heart I knew this day would...Learn More

You burned a hole like the sun Darkest light, shining bright In our eyes You dug a hole that fills with life Careful and slow In our hearts with a knife I wish your god was real I know he would punish you Your tombstone reads: "May he rot in death As he did in life." Sekhmet's breath Scorching your neck Her wind runs red Through your head Drunk...Learn More

We cut our teeth On simple needs On herd and grain And picking stones to fit our hands And thus was born: Hominin thought, hominin deed Then, our simple thoughts Shaped our tools Knapping stones to fit our hands And thus was born: Hominin thought, hominin deed, hominin dreams And fire was tamed And wolf was tamed Handaxe let us dream What clever...Learn More

When the clouds crashed up the mountainside You watched a great heaving, green planet swallow the sky And now you close your eyes and swing your fists in faith All these crooked stars, you bathe in their quick light Align your body, set your heart This blind arcing faith is your new true Polaris You learned the wrong lesson From all of this...Learn More