passionate assembly

entreaties thru a peephole 

to escape by the window 

as well as to ask bronze eyes

or a hand searching a dark room

every fold of fabric weathered 

green from similar supplication

beggar    bandit    thief

arrow crossed fingers thru 

hole in wall and grimy hands 

the ring ridiculous

a simple story evolves 

pizzacato glass emits enough 

its riff on shadows hummable

mirror face in pinwheel takes 

pulse from quiet turns

cigarettes drying on a wire 

busy with conclusions as if 

metaphor were germane

indefinate article 

: three-sided die

never crash in churches 

it's bad luck house black

house mouse     white mice 

running breaks open     spills 

impulse   tracks in concrete

linear hymning off walls 

no    music but breathing 

glass foot-steps   re    flecting

mimeo'd prospectus under glass

floor to stall on the finale 

none of the requisite pounding 

hissing wishes at night