breath

at a certain temperature
my mind congeals,
condenses from its evaporating state
back into systematically
haphazard folds.
generating breezes through the grooves,
between the piles.
spirit: biblically, originally meaning
something much more untamed
than wind or breath.
for mills master the wind, just as we wrangle breath.
but spirit:
this is the breeze in the air
the freed breath sliding thru the wind.
i think that temperature is 58 degrees and overcast.

sept 3, 2006