I love you dear
And we have time;
To wake slow to pendulums,
And old men counting dimes.
You told me you love me
But that you are coy,
So I will pursue you,
With you I won’t toy.
“Name your game.” I said,
“Cat and Mouse.” your reply,
So beloved I will chase you,
Across all nine lives
Mud covered boots leave their mark on linoleum tiles,
The combat boots are thrown and bounce around for a moment,
Before finding a spot to rest halfway under the kitchen table.
From this vantage point they view a paradox in motion:
The solider is drunk off war propaganda,
Having drank the molotov cocktails 3 parts hate and 1 part fear;
And she is getting over a bad case of sick with worry,
Having been told by the doctor that there was nothing to worry over
She got high on loss,
A four course score which races through the veins.
But now they take a break and drink in the other,
To hotbox the passion of the moment,
Like a sweat lodge whose purpose is to milk out the poison of war,
They spread out little pills with an “E” on one side and a ;) on the other,
And life becomes livable when there is only one person in the room.
But as quickly as the moment began it ends,
Boots are laced and dried mud cracks off the floor,
The solider leaves sobered,
And the woman stays- a new made mother.
Words are bone keys which,
Loose bound Muses and Sirens;
Puzzles of word play.
In the corner,
There,
Is a six stringed guitar
With Venetian hips.
She is Sitka above,
And Ovangkol beneath,
A pre mixed mixture of coffee and creme.
Slender and freckled with Mother of Pearl,
Is her
long
dark
neck,
Framed with thin white borders.
She has sung the most beautiful songs,
And wept the most moving elegies,
It is covered in dust.
She gently lifts the cigarette to her mouth and
Shelters it from the breeze while she flick
Flicks it to life
Her first drag is long and sultry
Reigniting the end of the shaft
Which meanders towards her lips
But never gets that fiery kiss
The swirl of her exhale carries
More weight than the wind
And sends her demons packing
On smoke shade backs