memorial in sacramento
darling, it's time to buy a black tie,
i thought as i lobbed a flower and a kiss into the ground,
patted stooped backs that once reigned over me,
endured a bead of sweat as it ghosted down my leg
like you said, what do we have at most?
not enough never enough
to catch what you say underneath our conversation
to realize the playday sun eking away
the black slash imperceptibly eclipsing color and pattern
and my heart leaps to chase after
i'm so behind
like running in waist-deep tides
am i going to make it? or is there nothing to make?
the crow is beginning to alight on our breast,
an erstwhile perch after feathered voyages where
wing, sinew, and muscle all wane so, darling,
i think he will rest here more.
i thought as i lobbed a flower and a kiss into the ground,
patted stooped backs that once reigned over me,
endured a bead of sweat as it ghosted down my leg
like you said, what do we have at most?
not enough never enough
to catch what you say underneath our conversation
to realize the playday sun eking away
the black slash imperceptibly eclipsing color and pattern
and my heart leaps to chase after
i'm so behind
like running in waist-deep tides
am i going to make it? or is there nothing to make?
the crow is beginning to alight on our breast,
an erstwhile perch after feathered voyages where
wing, sinew, and muscle all wane so, darling,
i think he will rest here more.