The pattern's the thing
that makes one what he is
tracing circles entrancing life
Speech is truffled with pirouettes
stitching paper on imported fabric
for a dress, or a tribute to fashion
...
To wear the past as unmentionable
The moment is a key to the treasure
so take possession
of all pockets and their buried tissues
retarded memories reverberate
like the letter A against an eardrum
Ya, ya, ya beaming in from Brazil
as men, women and holy spirits
dance in harmony, veils in the wind
circles and circles inside a square
...
News soak in a bloodbath
as if the sky had caved in
on a Thanksgiving table
the turkey would be scalloped
WHILE A FAMILY PRAYS TOGHETHER

wow thats good j.j.