Temper, Lover of Mine

Temper-
now, now, there. He is 
man of raging waters-
ease flees  his body 
Like birds spooked by passing train.
Time and truths drag down his shoulders as

He walks his well-worn path to 
Earn his well-worn dollar.
His arms limp to pick the tempest bottle
That fill his flaccid faith with the warmth of a hundred singing choirs.
Temper, now - hallelujah, hallelujah
He fills his cup - king of kings-
and pours it down the funnel of his spine,
And like the clown that blows up balloon animals
He blows up a lion
blows up a fighting cock-
He blows himself up into hope-into happy.
Temper man, mine,
I am branches of his trees
Snapping in the sudden gale
The storm that brews beneath his feet.
I am what he preserves - 
what he destroys
Makes me like one of his castles
That 
drip-drop
drip -drop 
rise in the sand
I rise, towers blossom fragile 
Queen of Drip-drop Land
- temper man watches it all wash away
I am sullen and silent and stirring 
His madness alive 
as he tangos with electrified demons on the beach where I puddle.
Oh how tiring it all is,
And he'll wake to drag his medal with him
As he walks the dusty road to clutch his dusty dollar 
So he may do it all again.


Shan 01/05/15