Counting Ten

The sand and the sea the mud and the dark and the green

the sticky stuff on the surf the early rains and later rains

The mud the mud the green the sand the dark

You will be a blessing as great as the dark as the sea the sand the green

the flie

-- the Stars

Counting Nine

Don’t sweet talk me draw me into the deep carry me in your pocket sling me like a satchel over your shoulder the truth a dark candle the candle at the hearth with all its shadows --

Reflected dark dark dark -- light.

-- The moon

Counting Eight

I’m your Jewish grandma I’m a middle aged gay man I’m a gangster from Detroit I’m someone’s kid I’m a breast I’m your daddy I’m a footnote on somebody’s life.

-- Night and day

Counting Seven

Counting Seven


What is that flowing through you?
It’s G*d

Your inheritance


-- the Rivers




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Counting Six

Counting Six

So you had some stuff happen

When you were a kid

Keep coming here

You’ll get your soul back

-- the Waters

Counting Five

Counting Five

Savaging the future

Against a past you cannot forget

This one makes pictures into words

We are all haunted

-- the Fields

Counting Four

Counting Four

On the way to the mountain
Lean and new
Nothing left to resist
Become something


-- The Wilderness