'Dreams are necessary to life.' - Anais Nin br br br 1. br Am I merely another hopeless David, br sending Bathsheba's husband into the thick br of swords? Like the issue of desire, br I am crawling toward light and darkness. br It's more than lascivious steps before dawn. br br br br 2. br There, the forest is a manic merger of trees, br like lime-green leaves no one can hear. Sounds the trees br don't emit; battles ingrates never encounter. br End game! Caught now in the lusty morass br of crystallized heat; to the touch, a clear, bright shape. br br br 3. br The heart doesn't care about 'lonely hunters'. br (Excusing McCullers for her moody tropes.) br Its beat is the animal tendency, culled br from music, mercury, and dangerous lights, br like errant eyes watching a canvass of nudes.