Make A Home of My Heart

7/29/2019 Make A Home of My Heart

1/22

A Cover will go here.......


2/22

Tis is Julian Jail,It is not a tangible or physical place

rather this is where we are imprisonedby our travlers hearts

~Milton Stern, 2009


3/22

Make A Home o My HeartMike W Archibald


4/22

A Birthday Wish For Cass Curl

A wave hit youjust below you kneesometimes you orget the wind

its not that you arent observantyou always ip the knie the right way

you have no blind spotin your caroutside a great lakedown Elm Streetstopping at Krugeredge o our seat, wide-eyed at the og

mysteries o Michiganit elt like your birtday to be completely honest


5/22

A Birthday Wish For Cass Curl

Mysteriously you werent thereFeel it again? Another wayLets take our shirts o and walk in the sunyou cut your hair and said

Tis! Is what erudite lie eels like

You were out at sea when you missed so muchyou missed your birthdayHappy Birthdaynowone last wave, so long


6/22

She

She has a smile o a wrap around porchto linger on her lipswould be a aint step into a wonderul home

sitting until the sun setsin our neighborhood

until its too dark to readthe all o the trees and back into her chestwoodre o a heartI want to lay staring at it


7/22

Coastliner to Home

I not just the tideId say the coast is getting closerId say waht we shed or today

is much more immediatethan in previous years

Id say these rocks are a little closer& things seem just that much more immediateI not just the tideId say perhaps lets move this towel

or else drownId say i the ocean pushes these steal tracks

we may need to be concerned


8/22

Coastliner to Home

I it isas you say

Just the tide o the timethen Im going to at leastneed you to hold my hand

as you dobecause as any good Brakeman knowswo hands pull the course

I will remain cautious as everso long as you doas you do


9/22

With You On One Side

When the sirens rom an ambulanceran through the aernoon

you stayed asleep but I was awake restlesswith you on one side o the streetand me on the other

When clean diesel busses shuttle our cityrom block to lockI dreamed o restless travelyou were wrapped in the linens o our bedwith you on one side o the streetand me on the other


10/22

With You On One Side

When garbage trucks roaring and reversingmade a mess o everythingwith you on one side o the streetand me on the other

Aer the 38th parallel where we elt divided

with you on one side o the streetand me on the otherWith my shirt stripped, shoes osand and mud shoreswood driing down the Mississippi River

with your bags packed

leaving your sideselessly or mine


11/22

Droplets

Droplets o waterin the pondormed on a table where your eyes rst openedwith an ear to the suracelie beat back low

Droplets o waterrom a dark skyclean these streets, rivers to the gutterstrickle as a treat& Mark and depth

slip your rm hand into mine


12/22

Droplets

Puddles o raincollecting in my streetcrash as wavesrom cars making a wake

Puddles o rainood my shoesI waited at the oot o the traindoe-eyedaraid o love & broke


13/22

Droplets

Storms surge my lakepressures o the damnedyou said you loved meI criedyou held my hand

Droplets o watermy white noiseI cant sleep without you


14/22

Stones Mark on a Hill

Stones mark on a hillno land masses, steepled massed skylinebuilding high or a horizon, losing time

traveled mornings to see the sun come uplater

later later each day as not to miss ithands on the counter, succumb to so muchnight would allmore Icarus than ZarathustraGod still dead

king taken, not last, bones o the last latemoon in the daylight


15/22

Stones Mark on a Hill

Lie in kitchens no windowsdreams o tents with temporary wallswhen did things change

between eminent domain & maniest destinyno to this maniest

give me a tree, projecting shade on a restingbencho ve and one hal eet,gentle breeze o a cold riends breathand I will return avorably


16/22

On the Teatre Arts

Te regrettable incident youve just seenreviewing the allout o love

here, more lines in case they need a rosethis love was once very pure

/as the say/

my serious excursionsrattlingdown...

my patience retreats and stretchesbut evidently not ar enoughBeore deciding what is wrong and what is rightyou gave up on love


17/22

Water Away

A good lawn takes it all to heartit eels the love o its culture

growing and being cut downgreen days, to burns and weedsTis pasture has no right!

Te heart o a good honest woman, dear pastorcan bare the same ritebut the creation o love;a most difcult water to come byeake a tree, bring sun and it will show you

the good home o New Shade

steady your handstake deep cool breatheswater away


18/22

Chirp birds Chip

Chirp birds chirpor you are the last native sounds

cars pass like rolling wavesbut there is no water to shore

the sky may be more blue & i the wind is right

you way nd what you want


19/22

Oh how your dog does whine

Oh how your dog does whine& youknow what or but,you choose toextract divinity out o the suerings o men

Oh how your dog does whinethe tired brakes o my carits painted appearance now weathersnow bruises now adesmarking another move away rom here


20/22

Oh how your dog does whine

Oh how your dog does whinemy dear she doesin the aches o my jointsin the squeal o my shoes with bad soulselling me that,

Grass certainly will not grow without water

Tis will not do!listen closely....

I think she is sleeping


21/22

Reason

I want a woman o an Ivory owerall blonde and awayShe wont speak my languageor understand my gesturesShe is still

caringair oreign and beautiulShe is o the seaa boata shipa wave me away

I sit at the shoreline and peermisgivings rom light houses or sail mastsYour Ivory ower is above reason

You are Reason


22/22

For Fernando Pessoa

Dont read Disquiet i you are tiredI the road has worn you outI you are looking or advice or a spirit guideI your eyes eel so and your stomach aches

Dont read Disquiet i you are leaving

or have leI you are waiting or running lateI who you are and who you were are in a discourse

Dont read Disquiet i you arent readyto hear the exact eelings o your heartto understand the weight o tears welling up

Never listenRead Disquietwhen you mostly know you shouldnt

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