blow all my gaskets
one by one
leave me writhing, panting
my heart undone

pursue relentlessly
stalk, capture,
incapacitate

then there when I
am putty pressed
to the palm of your
hand, absorbing the
imprint, blow by blow

as you take me
drag me pull me
shove me deeper then
deeper and the
water closes over my head

make me your
palimpsest, find new words
to write upon my heart
obliterate the past by
irrelevance rather than obfuscation

take me with you
so I can breathe
closer and closer to true

10/23/2007

Posted on 10/23/2007
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