looking at me like she wants to speak
something    perhaps it is help me 
get this thing out of  my teeth, please    though it was delicious    now she is licking
my
computer    her mouth must be very strong    it is how she loves the
world
she
licks and smells it     personally, my olfactory sense is quite 
acute     when
my partner gets home, I smell her    I am spending too much time 
with dogs     (is
that even possible)      we lay in the light stain    all day   
a
hammocked existence     dreamy
warm    like that place Ive imagined 
in therapy where the angel holds
me      but today I am not thinking about that 
today I am thinking
about time      how slow
it
used to be      how it didnt concern me      doubleknotting my
shoelace
on the
playground      but how time    now concerns me      I am 33      I am
divisible
by 11 
 which means I've had 3 cycles of magic      that is a lot      time drips 
from the
faucet       I hear it and ponder      whether I want a child      drip/drop  
perhaps
they aren't so
different than dogs      they give and take   but once it's inside you
it has to come out and
that's not even the hardest part      you forget the pain 
they say but
not till after it
tears through you      I understand how much I would love it 
I have a
craving      I want
an old soul of a child     one with starshine in their eyes 
and dimples     but I
shouldn't be so particular     10
fingers/10 toes       a face 
that'd be nice    I expect the child would change my
body forever      it could go 
either way      i'd love my body more or I'd
love it less      but the bleeding
each month I want something to show
for the dues I've
paid      I have worked
hard to heal/I am wise and time's faucet is dripping
faster
and
faster      I am like a dog      so little time/so much love to give
 
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