Jeffry Michael Jensen

PRONOUNCEMENT: GUZZLE GHAZAL GRUNGE

 

A cat's claw romance of sorts recurring with moon attached

Summer taken prisoner near the rotation of the heart

 

So long to the pronouncement of favor in mid-breath

Another twisted remembrance taken under the stars

 

I pulled at the yellow dress she wore yesterday in flight

It did me no good to clutch at her larger purpose

 

Frequency rustles a grimace out of the ground floor flashing

Three cats bolted from a temporary rumbling of darkness

 

There were empty glasses bunching up against the sky

Schoolbooks yellowed before I could break a rule

 

Driven to hillside blessings trained to be cataloged

Visions are at best narrowed by a haunting speculation

 

I placed my hands at the warmest edges of forgiveness

More cats curl up around where the sun has left its purpose