on Saturday
Saturn's day
the body
without organs
explained
its theory
of masks
my task
it said
is to discern
our disguise
why perform
today
a Noh play
and tomorrow
the Cisco
kid
what message
is hid
within
the stainless
steel
smile,
the iron
brow,
and the copper
chin
shift
stage lights
to bright
erase gray
shadows
and display
tarnished brass
green
with patina
formed
from rain
About Me
- kwh
- is the author of four novels, "Vogel Flies South," "Vogel and the White Bull," "Cave Gossip, and "Grimoire of Stone: A Romance of Water;" and two books of poetry, "Petroglyphs," and "Sea-Snails on a Black Chow’s Tongue or, a Castaway’s Poems in a Bottle." He divides his time between Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Dallas, Texas. In 2009, his portal fantasy novel, "Okeanus," was a semi-finalist in the Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough novel contest. He is currently writing short stories set in an alternate history, code-named: La Ciudad, and working on a new series. The first novel, "The Grimoire of Stone," is finished and available from Amazon.com. His next novel "Attis Chapel" is a Heinleinian space opera with Lovecraftian motifs. Set in his La Ciudad series, it further develops the background begun in "Grimoire of Stone."