Tuesday, April 20, 2010

patio boys

tell me, baby,

does my semen write you poetry

does it recline under olive trees

and scribble something sanskrit

into the oaken bark of canals

something something sanskrit like


“ah, to one of the shirtless boys

around the patio

with the drinks

with their fingers just touching

so close it was as if they were not touching

just touching

two fingers

the drinks


I would fall asleep were my mind able

to sit for anything longer than nothing

under olive trees, ah, ha, how could I

how could I dare leave?”


tell me, baby.

it’s anything you want

it’s everything you’ve seen;

situps until

I am no longer in control of my bowels

every treasured heirloom

I’ll watch you burn my grandmother’s broaches

my grandfather’s war medals

in the dustbin

just you and me


just tell it to me

and I'll the drinks

No comments:

Post a Comment