Live Oak by Chuck Taylor

I have lived poor
just to stand in your shade,
to put one hand to your
burdened shoulders
that droop to ground
and rise again.
And yes, I have set my
other hand into the sun
to see the unscientific
correspondence,
how my veins crook
like the brave black
twist of you
against the sky

Chuck Taylor currently lives in a two room apartment with his darling wife Takako Saito and their cat, Pounce. His most recent book is POET AND VAMPIRE, from MadcityPublications in NYC and available online.