is a gift in my teeth

 

mmmmi've got           love, lullabies, and polite

letters to            the editor. every occasion                i've got

                                                                                   'good & kind' on speed

                                                                                    dial. but my friend,

he is a war machine. yeah,

he is killing content & opening words           (like opening legs.
                                                                  shouting down another hallway:

            damn fine. oh

           she's so mine. a landmine.

           oh, you're a fist. you

                                                         meet me in my teeth. baby,

 

i'm so                        diplomatic you won't                      even know

i'm here (you                                                              won't even notice

when i go,                      open and shut doors

                                                                                     like the morning

                                             opens glories & changes

 

                                                                                   it's mind. leave off

while i still think there are things

to say and              then i say them

in my head a refrain.         then i say them

                                                (oh shit oh shit

 like i'm saying them all over

 

again. small                                     talk in the winter

is like small                                    talk in the summer

but colder

 

writing my dear

editor, under                the snowfall

                                    in the compact

                                                                         where your spine is a gift

                                            wrapped in bed linens. where

        the last thing i see

                                                                   are your vertebrae waking up

 

 

 



3 comments:

Heather Glasgow said...

ooOoo ahhh. so perfect.

Anonymous said...

mmm.... pretty. "your vertebrae waking up"

Anonymous said...

slam dunk