"Concupiscence Needs Elbow Room," "Plinth," and "Destination"

Concupiscence Needs Elbow Room

Narrow margins fault 
promptings like short selling
mid-rampage 
 
You need to room with
genius to begin to 
grapple with a compass
 
compelling an urge(nt)
response distinct from
repose (case closed)
 
You bet on fore-
cast iron once minted
to treble mind to the point
 
of flourishing as flowers
erstwhile do when dew 
just mists new blades and stems

Plinth

Some objects need not be
thin. The women waste
their time-life subscriptions
shearing waistlines.
 
Take the bottom
of a statue posing
regally upon the flat plinth
not the shaft of pedestal
 
elevating the center-
piece all eyes looking 
upon it op cit 
if you've been following
 
along the heady place
kick of involuntary
success still shining 
in still likeness rubbed clean.

Destination

Don't forget to bolt.
It's a sure sign you trust 
yourself to decide
which door to monitor, 
then wend your way
to the memorized 
childhood address.
 
Remember no one's watching
everyone at once. 
All this past and present is yours 
if you do without 
saying you are here
and believe the rest 
will follow.
 
When you leave,
put things back
the way you tell yourself
they were when 
you arrived. Then wait 
to learn it all
again.