Solstice

December 21, 2005 5:56PM

Solstice….
the downhill slide,
thirsty breathing gulping,
catastrophic desire, funnels
alive and drinking, ground-mulched dawn,
grieved and famished sun-splattered dusk,
raaawwrrrr, it’s coming,
that bright-sweet-sugar light,
bliss upon every synapse,
melted-plum muttering
sleep,
and sleep,
and Spring eternal,
fuzzy-soft fumbling things,
and words too big for
words.