i would forget you
04/03/2012 10:39 p.m.
i would forget you
it's really in my best interest
but you come to me
in everything in my world that is
expressive and true
everything that makes me rumble
pulls me, trips me
over myself
that's you
always coming back

i would forget you
to rescue
myself
my own clark kent or
wonder woman
but instead i am stuck in the
glue of you
your memory
your infectious glance


i would forget you
almost as soon as i'd beg you
to remember
how sweet "us" can be
and a chance
for a future
half as bright
as the past
I am listening to marais - chaconne en rondeau

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courtly love
04/02/2012 06:42 p.m.
i was in a gown
but my feet were bare
the royalty and poise of the night
drowned in relief and wine

my dress dragged the floor
your hair was messy
i came close enough
to touch at arm's length

i made a blindfold
with a strip of chiffon
wrapped it gently around your head
but my loyalty to elegance won
and i set you free before making you
my prisoner

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books/light night
03/29/2012 12:46 a.m.
i've never liked books
too much weight
not enough action
funny smells
yellowed pages

--

the night doesn't truly
get dark around here
though i've always found
light pollution rather
comforting

it's especially bright
just when it starts to rain
the sidewalks glossed over
singing echos of the street lights

i walk home slowly
hoping never to arrive


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the falling
03/26/2012 01:38 a.m.
being in love
is not significant
it's the falling
that exhilarates

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sweet tooth
03/22/2012 11:37 p.m.
i want you warm
sticky, even
icing and cinnamon
and all that
sweetness

on your lips
the tips
of your fingers
the grace and ease
it takes to indulge

i know i've had dinner
but i've got such a sweet tooth

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would that mean anything
03/08/2012 02:17 a.m.
if i told you
i was single
would that mean
anything to you?

not now?
how about now?

just tell me—
no, i'm not technically single now but—
if i were
would that mean anything to you?

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quick tongues
02/08/2012 02:59 a.m.
why do i love
those quick
tongues
clever and concise
witty and well-read
and that sly smirk
they've all perfected

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safe distance
01/06/2012 01:24 a.m.
always keep
your distance and you
will be safe

but you will not please
your predator

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four years, for years
11/19/2011 04:32 a.m.
what is four years
supposed to feel like?
like 10, like 20?
or like 30
minutes into the
honeymoon?

we have felt like four years
for years
it is really
not so long

a stale marriage
minus the wedding photos
and legal documents

is this what four years
feels like?

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deflated
10/09/2011 12:02 p.m.
you didn't
break me
in that shocking
startling way a needle might
end a balloon

more like deflated me
a slow leak
out of my tires
a sad limpness

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