this was the first place/you thought to look for me/but I never remember that I'm here/when you're way-sided by all these references and commentaries/I'm busy snatching impressive titles off the shelves/you caught me in the current affairs/to ask about our old one ( Read more... )

I miss hearing your quiet breathing soft above me (near myself)/I want to come home to someone once again/to find a cup of coffee waiting/in the morning/our cups of tea, the kettle calls us to our prayers/i keep holding on/knowing you may not come back/and i've moved on/but i wish you were here/my days are skimming by/ off the top- my work and play ( Read more... )

dear abbie/ yesterday was a postcard, pure blue skies and cotton-ball clouds/the light was gold/that kind you get shining on wick-wild fields and well-loved stone/i wished you had your camera here/to capture this scene that reminded me of you/but you'll have to settle for index cards and folders filled with well-wishes ( Read more... )

Unlike poetry/filling long pages/and perfume/this comes hot/sweet/and high/from fumes and curves/10 seconds-- breathe/heavy, fast. flushed.

Furious, hard on adrenaline/ no rearview mirror/eyes blown wide/shut/boneless-all angles and straight lines/leaving sweet curved metal, groaning/crushed and panting/untouched:

writhe for me.

k.n.m

Apothecary renegades/ from your fantastical green light district/ her hips don’t lie/selling sinuous sedition/bottled curves, stopper’d souls/ these words of warning, idol graffiti on her skin/promising shock and awe/pleasure and pain/she’s built bricks around her heart, crossing arms of ink across her chest/that glitters gold/no cheap imitation or ( Read more... )

Our frailties we deign to cover/constant comments, planning taking prescience for fear of failure/I will speak in riddles, spelling doom that librarians can only read/union theological/eschatological/tautological-we issue empty accolades for naught. Tell us if these dry communions/ choke our congregations/burning incense from the backs of towers/ ( Read more... )

this  snow/ all-natural, all-purpose flour/baking winter white and cold/the warmth of spring not yet risen/these fields miles of marble counter/and trees shake a sifter on us poor chilled souls/we wait, cradled in chipped crockery /mixing coffee and dough/set to 325 on our old oven/waiting for our daily bread, an emperor of scent/fragrantly,  ( Read more... )

this is what you get/we're no karma police, it's true/but he's the patron saint of doing things the hard way/and all the not-okays you've pulled on you/these damp clouds rain out your parade/magic eight ball says try again/you'll get better as you go

draw a little faster/matching crosses on your tender wrists/endless blood circulates, lousy with ( Read more... )

spencer-the-magical-cat creature/three wishes, best buys and double-dog dares/drinking whiskey and jac/with red queen Audrey/and the rest of our Academy/we're in a rush (white one remix)/but we've got timesmiths with wicked green thumbs/backing our Carolingian sir knight/sexxual synergy from double-helixed cheshire company/sunshine from her hair, ( Read more... )

i imagine better/ with the music pumping through my veins/and this azure holiday/begins with her soft vowels and expressive mouth/that tells of tragic comedy/on trains traveling anywhere but here/bright and quick, this has me humming hallelujah/(just off the key of reason)/all. day. long/ this is not uncommon/and if you've seen me singing in the ( Read more... )