'if i could purchase your sadness'

'if i could purchase your sadness' timothy r gates, 8/29/2011

if i could purchase your sadness
i'd bankrupt myself:
i'd cry
weep
laugh,
find myself in sobs, then
rebaptized,
i'd sing
chant
hum,
find myself smiling, knowing.

'empty brushes'

'empty brushes' timothy r gates, 8/04.2001



empty brushes

dried pens

canvas filled

(more in the corner)

words, lines witten

jars, lids screwed tight

plates cleaned off

(you're in the looking-glass)

between these:

silence.