BALLAST

a court,
a swell
a baked balloon rises
on a whim and promise

left on cumulous cooling rack
to brew in a vaulted view
steady sneezes on the breezes
in the we-lasticity of aerial hours

charged to keep the celestial canopy afloat
weathering missteps of mister and missus
the gulf stream ‘tween independent arcs
each heartargets intrinsic marks

fearless whispers lead to blisters
and with unquenched thirst they burst,
the ground once far away
rushes to meet the feet
of wing-clipped wonder.



Echo Park
2.17.2011