The Tree Watches Over The House

Hundred years ago
mama oak stood alone
in the summer
of a big flat wasteland
A someone
cut her knees
roughed her into boards
there chunked a human birthplace
Right beside mama
acorn grew
until the sharp summer sun
never pierced a window
yet he blocked not a stream
of genial light
in the razor air
of a January morn
Long as she stands so will he
as the tree
watches over
the house

the prospective model

come to my room
i have some grapes
they are wine in adolescence
red and green
blood and innocence
in this tiny fingered orb
hold it to the light
see the veins and freckles?
i split it
with my precise teeth
it says "kitsch"
but we know it lies
i place the other half
between the promise of your lips
you bite
i'll kiss the sweetness dripping
from your chin
come to my room
i have some life

J. Kevin Wolfe always has had that problem of looking out the window. He was kicked out of Algebra II in the 10th grade for it. A few decades later, his cube has a view of a pine that gets irritated at the lightest of breezes. There are passionate sunsets in the winter and a constant flux of cars overtop of 90% of the asphalt in the valley. They pay him to look out this window now. Never underestimate how far your weaknesses will take you. Sometimes he looks out other windows. He calls that poetry. J. Kevin Wolfe's poems have appeared in over 60 ezines and in a dozen print publications. 'The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture' is a collection of new poems. J. Kevin Wolfe's poems have appeared in over 60 ezines and in a dozen print publications. His ebook, 'The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture', is the first lanchable Palm OS ebook. 'The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture' An ebook of poetry by J. Kevin Wolfe.

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