Things are changing
even dogs know
noses pointing north
something is coming
people do too
they rifle through
closets cedar chests
clothes hooks too
are beginning to
feel the weight
of heavier things
sandals and sneakers
too being replaced
everyday things too
much less ice
and more warm
maybe even hot
it’s fall y’all
time of leaves
and barren trees
and of cuddling
and frequent canoodling
of being closer
than close together
Category: Friendship
Bookends (for Gil)
I had heard
once that the
reason why you
ever fell in
love with someone
is precisely why
you despise them
at the end
I guess that
it’s true then
that most relationships
are simply bookends
keeping the volumes
of adventure and
of self help
and of humor
all neatly together
once read and
then always forgotten
to gather dust
Agitated
I feel like
a wash machine
filled with dirty
clothes churning churning
and constantly agitated
trying to desperately
rid myself of
angrily slung mud
grrring and determined
for hours on
end only to
find that while
the dirt may
be gone the
stains always remain
Corners
There’s one thing
that I can’t
apply during my
daily morning ritual
I can shower
and always shave
I can pluck
and preen and
douse and spray
but the one
thing I can’t
is make the
corners of my
mouth turn upright
funny thing corners
they’re right there
the way that
you left them
when you left
Comforter
I feel sleepy
a little foggy
kind of detached
come this way
open your arms
and let me
weave my way
slowly into you
covering up myself
with the blanket
that you are
