War Planes and Gardens

the meaning of life, a tempest
of fiends, friends, foes
a land of tears 
where somethings rot
a dance once sought
a hope once lost

recount your seeds
of orchids yet 
Sequoia

the war plane lacks
a pilot, shivering
with desperation
a man, forgetting his
opaque garden

build, man, build
your farewell,
make us forget

or

be Athena, hoot
swivel heads, 360--
unbound of law,
vigilant

      love or perish
die or cherish
breathe my dreams
of milky rivers 
because copper 
dreams scream

your buds
in Spring blossom.
So hush until

Sex is a thing, not will.

grow in mind
in spirit
in face
be the thing you
wish to taste, 
because death ends 
a life, not a relationship,
summons you,
dormant volcano--drags 
you in, like
love yet

Not.