Words

flew

past

parrots

squawking

clouds

gathered

on

horizons

storms

erupted

shadowing

happiness

sun and

moon

disappeared

behind

curtained

clouds

traveling

emotions

flew

home

apart

at

once

clouds

cleared

happiness

traveled

home

And

there

we are

beneath

cotton and

comforter

lazily

lounging

curled

closely

when

you

begin

to

plant

soft

sweet

rabbit kisses

in my

beard

delicate and

demur

light and

languid

you

nuzzle

nightly

my

neck

these

rabbit kisses

nudge

and

gnaw

at my

chin

and

cheek

they

tickle

and

taunt

tease

and

tantalize

as we

lay

curled

in

our

private

little

burrow

Midnight

obstacles

buttons

and

cotton

snaps

and

wool

fingers

unhooking

hands

blurring

passion

it

was

the

hustle

and

bustle

of

intimacy

finally

in

twilight

and the

moons

silence

we

reflected

beneath

flannel

front

to

back

did

we

know

time

tics

and

tocks

to

heartbeats

initially

rapid

now

still

I remember

forearm

bracelet

adorned

cotton cuffs

black trousers

handsome

hellos

highballs

oysters

bubbles and

story

cigars and

Burgundies

twilight

and daybreak

Egyptian cotton

ironed by

body creases

I

now know

good-bye

bitterness

weighted

heaviness

loves

anguish

your

back

disappearing

into

night

why are

hellos

so sweet

and

good-byes

so

sour

We

bought

these

tickets

months

ago

we

road

this

train

to the

end of

the line

at first

we were

giddy

foolish

hungry

for

adventure

now

we’re

tired

cramped

aching

to

disembark

why

is

the

destination

always

disappointing

when

the

journey

was

inspiring

why

have

blossoming

hearts

lost

their

blooms

we’ve

placed

the last

point

at

the

end

of our

sentence

period