strange

this is a strange calm place
decide, visualize.
appraise, encode, walk away.
into the evening peach to frost blue. so many people along the birch avenue
jostle talkers to the inevitable strollers
encode, walk away.
a foam capsule in my mind, squeezed pebble flat in the dry spells
the magic spells
a time-lapsed spiral of pixie dust, sugar and sparks
magic walls protect me from your name, magnetic
blankness where once was disappointment
distraction replacing sorrow
hoarded cash just out of fingers
sand in my fingers
poured from my ears into the bucket
plastic and aluminum starfish
make a wish (it's not her), put on your shades
television signals in a spectral whirl
road paint, bicyclists, cardboard pink boxes
compilations of lists, words and letters, commas
how'd you come to be here? arrive in an automobile, did you?
by your feet, by the wheel by your will?