and my fertile crescent
body's essence
focus found...
the moon in May...
birthday balloons...
"perfumes don't fade!"
laugh brides and grooms.
don't you know a smile is a cistern,
sister? umbrella––frown rain runs down.
both at times do serve a purpose,
and both do at times serve it well.
as i soak in bath salts
along fault lines
wine in hand,
i laze on rooftops...
(blaze-proof snapshots
sunburned out…)
chalked up and chafed...
on expressions zoomed...
rattled glass panes
predict monsoons.
don't you know your cheek bones are glowing?
don't blush that'll just make it worse.
hollow and haloed and high-sloped...
don't wear makeup, you can make it work.
raspberry blisters
where razor blade kissed her...
the badger hair brushes
swished 'round in the sink...
rendered in slivers,
i shiver through silvers
as slender as ribbons––
“you're looking quite nice...”
take it in pill-form
if you cannot perform
under shower pressure
fogging up the mind.
cuckold or cold feet,
you're still young and so sweet,
so don't sweat the details
prevailing so far.
bulldozed or doze off
on fire escape loft,
i ask, "does it matter
Madam Macadam?"
ruthlessly truthful:
i'm not sure how youthful
i feel at this fruit stand
on my way to work
in the streets of New York...
New York, New York [repeat until it loses all meaning (i.e., until semantic satiation sets in), then repeat more]
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