Settling Accounts

By Jerry Lieblich

On the ground
it’s just
more water. This

is the edge
of the porch—

no language

is a clearing
house.  No,

language is
a clearing house,

the corner where
the lawn begins  

Kind

By Jerry Lieblich

I’d prefer
the character

relate to me.

Men have sung
the dignity

of Man.
I have found him

wanting:

bookish thing,
and male.