Capricorn
Capricorn 1
You have to keep moving for the structure
to reveal itself, in time
the hum becomes the beat
Capricorn 2
This is the new metronomic rhythm
pivoting between two points
evolving currency
Capricorn 3
You can use a three legged stool to reach
almost anything in your
vertical environ
Capricorn 4
Eat as many grapes as you can before
we extract them from the vine
and crush them into wine
Capricorn 5
Mountain pose delivers the position
you did not know you needed
prior to this moment
Capricorn 6
Remember how you learned to finger paint,
the sound of one hand clapping
untangling the bond
Capricorn 7
In a waking dream an airplane transports
us to our destination
another place of birth
Capricorn 8
The four horsemen of the apocalypse
are ever present until
Dolly Parton arrives
Capricorn 9
Crossing highwire demands a steadiness
the kind of measurement that
develops in each step
Capricorn 10
On behalf of the flock a chimney swift
seeks a safer evening home,
the spiral call goes out
Capricorn 11
When a person sighs they recalibrate
molecules in right rhythm
a metabolic turn
Capricorn 12
Bees are intentional pollinators
emerald carpenters too
even yellow jackets
Capricorn 13
An elaborate bow concludes the dance,
technical acuity
elates an audience
Capricorn 14
Frogs rain from the sky in Japan, Egypt,
Serbia and Uruguay
and on the Outer Banks
Capricorn 15
After running through mountains and valleys
you want nothing more than to
slide into a warm pool
Capricorn 16
You go for a hike and it starts to rain
pooling in your socks and shoes
still leaving you thirsty
Capricorn 17
A fractal is a pattern that repeats
from the point of origin
a new hierarchy
Capricorn 18
A referendum before the public
asks whether we are willing
to release toxic means
Capricorn 19
People train to become executives
supporting their weight, others
work more efficiently
Capricorn 20
The formation begins in the middle
of the forest, in the roots
where new trees learn to speak
Capricorn 21
There are sentient beings among us
who comprehend that puppets
condition puppeteers
Capricorn 22
The tightrope walker makes a decision
to step back, understanding
the nature of safety
Capricorn 23
Honoring the Earth we kneel and decree
that the humus informs us
in becoming human
Capricorn 24
You build the food truck while remembering
heirloom vegetable seeds
nourished for centuries
Capricorn 25
We need half an acre and six chickens
and a way to trade our goods
in order to persist
Capricorn 26
Feist appeared in a bend of the river
attuned to the guttural
barks of a roaming bear
Capricorn 27
The pathway at the base of a mountain
is similar and differs
from the point at the peak
Capricorn 28
A watershed can be seen from above
in the way a moment spills
into a memory
Capricorn 29
An involutionary condition
leaves a physical imprint
for you to decipher
Capricorn 30
We identify swifts as acrobats
as the communal motion
causes our heads to turn