I halt
stand staring at the tree outside of my apartment
say sincerely
I wish this was an orange tree
you know, I could come out into this front yard
pick the fruit
like when I was young and we
with our small grasping hands picked
the lemons and the oranges
off the branches of the trees in our own backyards
instead of some alien [...]

“This was the first time I completed a piece of art but was unable to see the final results first. Even my framer who constructed the back supports didn’t have a wall with a ceiling high enough to assemble the art. ‘Race Track’ is 9 feet tall!
Intimate Views is installed and open to the public [...]

Often they congregate close enough to cough
Yuck germy humans
Heavy cell phone conversations
Islands of egoism
All walks of life
Acting like
It’s totally normal
To follow the rules
To be all ears on
your attention please
Final boarding call
Recorded, not a human voice
They wait in line
Watch monitors
Buy starbucks
Are getting old
Stroll stride trip pass by
I, crosslegged,
criticize the human choice
To follow rules
Like anyone good
and bored
Your [...]