i saw him sitting across the room
but I didn't notice right at first. I was busy drawing on myself with a
couple fat-tipped markers. The comedic side to this heart split in two is
how nations have triumphed, how small children learn forgiveness
if it's tattooed on their fingers. The rest of us have to rely on classic
methods of deception to gain your love, such as the old "duck & roll" or
other semi-effective means to evade suicide. Giving more of oneself can
To the love of my life
black bruises and caves
broken heart
It was hard to maintain my sense of humor when you implied that it was
more than my stink that did us in. What am I too good looking, too? You
swallowed hard & bit off the tip of the beet. Someone joked that your pee
dribbled down all over his chin & dripped off his whiskers as he wiped his
brow & thought. What occurred made his heart race & he realized he didn't
have anything on but underwear. The only choice was to pit his opponent
against the neighbor's cat, who was wandering somewhere across the street.
So we had pizza instead. Supreme. Being a little on the saucy side, we
settled back into the smooth springy leather & stared out into the bright
gases of Jupiter & considered buying a house there, together. Forever...
-finished 7/27/2015 8:14:03 PM PST