Iridescent Nerve: 17 Haiku

1

Through a parallel universe
flashes
an iridescent nerve

2

A nest of pillows --
in darkness
the royal traveller

3

In the road
I'm squatting
observing a plastic lizard

4

Found
a red tail
how do I attach it?

5

Where her head
broke off --
a necklace of glue

6

In the sacred vestibule
the All Fetuses
tombstone

7

Green glitter Mary
looking down --
the well of sacred dirt

8

Shrine of the sacred dirt --
Jesus' head
in a cage of thorns

9

Where we lit her candle
wooden Jesus hanging
with no legs

10

No longer
learning Sanskrit --
he eats dandelions

11

Climbing, climbing
inside the tornado
a black spiral stair

12

No wind
the trees shake their leaves
anyway

13

Alzheimers --
a mind grows
whiter and whiter

14

The hills are burning
In my palm a knot
carved of stone

15

Clouds --
the waters die and die
wandering heaven

16

Most people
look the other way
clouds having sex

17

In bare trees
squirrels' nests --
I wander into the ground