Dreams

Dreams--spiders--filament the length
of here up to the moon then
dip: the thread has specks
of coal soot

Poison green of deep and holy China
just today I promised jade
to fill the gap from here to heaven
set in gold from cooling Colorado caverns
raucous beatings on a battered drum
tapped out rhythms by a shiny
patent-leather toe

Blue hose
bluer specks
red blue--green purple

Then the thunder boasts
after lightning has performed
scattering specks of smeary dust
down the span of one long dream