lollapalooza
one to 4000 weeks
in the blink of an eye
i lie softly
all gussied up for the ride
energy de-energized
lifetimes processed
into a single moment
of endless finality-
N


The night caresses
secrets in a dream
speaking of promises unspoken
The highway opens out to the wind
of the first sun and nothing recalled
will ever be forgotten
Tender warmth
at the end of a cigarette
How can smoke put out a fire
How can there be questions to some answers
All definitions lost
in the black light forever
Ecstasy is as easy as pain
is as easy as ecstasy-
Nausher


I awake to the groggy hangover of sanity
symmetry of line
infidelity of motion
on other continents
under darker skies
we might have been lovers of the light
here we are acquaintances
groping for the end of a line
in a confusion of options
I sit in half shadows
menu in hand
alternatives swimming dimming
saturated by choice
hunger unfulfilled
appetite satiated.-
Nausher


Choose between laughter and silence
Spasmodic passion in the black box
of indifferent dreams..
Heads or tails, the throw of a dice
A parrot choice:
Phyric victories in the solitude of solitary worlds..
Black sheep in wolves masquerade
at yesteryear's costume ball..
transcending all justification
to justify the lies still wet on paper..
Aging romantic, corporate recluse,
diffused poet...
Showtime in a vacuum:
stripped, bloodied and bare
on a naked stage
crucified by a collage of images
Shedding my skin to be reborn
a virgin chameleon
in the black snow of frozen summer.
Nausher


another life comes another season
you're looking for the rhyme in reason
where will this dust take you
when will your skin break you
will your spirit come touch the stone
of things you loved but left alone
-Nausher