inevitability

i feel the engine within me
thrumming 
but missing a sporadic beat.
just enough to remind me
it will eventually seize
in an oily
steamy surprise
of end time chaos.

i will grab my chest
or fall face-down
into my oatmeal.
or they may find me 
in the bathroom
splayed across the 
checkered tiles
like a surrendered
chessboard king. 

the clock is running
and i'd best 
get down the highway
before it inevitably stops
and i can't squeeze in my
las

Update

Hi, Folks....I've been in and out of the hospital. A couple of transfusions helped to stabilize me; make me feel better. I'm home now. Missed three weeks of work, and still feel way too weak. Anyway, I've been too out of it to write. Hopefully, I will soon be back to it. In the meantime, think a few good thoughts. If you pray, I'd be happy to be lifted to God. It's been a hard time. Surely good times will return!

~ James

holy light

lying in bed
at the first flaring
of the sun
my addled mind marveled
at the graceful arch
of her hip
gently sloped
as though it were
the geography of tiny explorers
hoping to make a colony
of lovers of her terrain.

the first rays
set afire her rising hip
and dazzled
the miniature vagabonds
making them think surely
gods dwelt here.

i touched her softly
and she awoke.

but how do you tell a goddess
her terrain
has been usurped
by those of lesser caste
content to dwell upon
the sensuality of slope
bathed in holy light?