American Kestrel

Threatened in Florida,
kicked in Kentucky,
forgotten in New York,
my motorcycle hands
make things just
to make things better. 

Our north, south,
east, west,
keeps flying left,
wishing to find a home
somewhere near a river,
somewhere where folks
and fuckers 
become forks amongst dinners.

the smoky intersection 
of considered and vulnerable,
is where I was tangled and
where I've been writing songs, 
of which wishes could play more 
than a few notes on the guitar
and kiss me till I bleed dreams.