third floor view

The garage in my backyard
has a hole in the roof.
Leaves and rain
fall in September.


ronald steiner (Butler, PA, 1976)

upon close inspection

Tree rings reveal
good wet years,
dry cold droughts,
and fires, and births, and death.


ronald steiner (Butler, PA, 1976)

the atoms of lust

Acid Rain
Radioactive
Thumb
Free Time
is an illusion
She said
to a classroom
of one.


ronald steiner (Butler, PA, 1976)

the transition

I am the
   Student
I ask questions.
I am
the master
I am the
answer to
all questions.


ronald steiner (Butler, PA, 1976)