Ted Greenwald

AIRY RUSHES PUNCH

Airy rushes punch my shirt 

Through a window of sunset dirt 

And send me reeling like a lure 

Through the water nerves of America 

Once on the other side of somewhere 

I relax and become someone else 

Not that I behave different 

Just behave less often 

The sky offers me solace and office space 

And stars I keep in drawers 

Wear nothing 

But a little mist and halo 

I will imagine myself 

A sympathetic headlight 

Knocking on the door of the night 

To borrow a cup of sugar 

From a beautiful neighbor 

Who's moved in 

Without even the clothes on her back 

"Would it be possible 

To borrow a cup of sugar" 

"Sure Sit down, honey 

Make yourself comfortable" 

I ease down in the big dipper