for the love - attempt 3

for the love 

for the love of art

each cell knocks

against another

sticky with yearning

pearls before swine

bone beneath plump skin

linen crisp and white

floating diaphanous filaments

in the air

at the call 

need sharp as unslaked

thirst in a desert sere

the charge to create

for the love

for the love

of art 

Beware

Beware

beware the call of skin

each sticky cell

but filaments of remembered bone

sticky as molasses dripped on linen

gathering form as strung pearls 

distinct and clear as knocks at a door

opening 
under the charge of that first hot kiss

beware the call of skin shimmering each
pounded breath of new-found air 

The Red Egg

The Red Egg

In her charge given
The bone china lucky egg

Wrapped in linen

Instructed to deliver soft knocks

Call upon the ancient man up

The steep stairs waiting for New Year
And respect

Beware the dog barking at the entrance

Lose not the charge given into her keeping

More fragile than pearls strung on air

Run between raindrops holding that precious parcel

Beware the slip of small feet on sliding pavement

Hear the dog growl, see the parcel drop,

Shudder as the china knocks-to-shattered

Shards on pavement and

Filaments of coming disaster

Float before eyes as her

Sticky hope clings to a single

Vanishing cell of possible reprieve