a few scattered words …

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i am hammering at a wall of tears
pounding at the stricken laughter
my breath is ragged
and I am heaving in my sobs

an infinite caress

a caress which never ends
and has no beginning
flowing from one body to another
over one shoulder blade
then down the rhythmic spine

and if i spelled love another way

if i said no to the fixed ink of the written page
and declared that love was as i wanted
multiform and chaotic
polyvalent and evermoving

into the sun

what will you do now with your infinite eyes?
what can you be looking at?

automatic response

i search for the well suited moment
i respond at predetermined times
i speak when spoken too
but i can not find the break which propels me to the final word

broken down

i read and i’ve been read
but who will be there when my calm falls
like my hand to the table
like her eyes to the ground

all I ever wanted …

I

all i ever wanted was a beautiful intelligent woman who loved me
and then there were two
and i…

ashes hold no secrets

listen to me sing
listen to the slam of the car doors in the darkness
that will tell you where i’m going

listen to me speak
not to my words
but only to the nervous tone and jagged rythm

an awaiting

i am reaching a level of calm
before an inevitable explosion