NeverEverNever (to boo)

It is said

That when you

Taste something that

You get used

To its flavor

Two minutes later

Not so with

Your kisses I

Never ever never

Got used to

Them which is

Why I miss

Them so today

NextTime

You haunt me

Like my favorite

Character of the

Novel I just

Finished that never

Got to marry

His own princess

Like the patient

Dog under the

Table waiting for

The bone to

Be offered and

Watching it thrown

To the wolves

Maybe they both

Think there’s always

The next time

OldFriends (to You)

The best chili

Is the chili

Prepared one day

And ate the

Next there’s something

About waiting that

Doubles its flavor

It steeps thickens

And deepens color

Parts just disappear

Until they land

Yet once again

And that mmmmm

That’s you too

My old friends

MiraclePrayer (to Bean)

And today perhaps

Perhaps just today

Your miracle happens

If I were

An Angel and

Could grant your

Wish I certainly

Would but like

So many others

I’m a demon

Looking for my

Own salvation in

This crippling world

Of abject damnation

Writing this I

Pray that you

Are blessed by

Yours long before

I’m given mine

For that is

The closest thing

To a miracle

I can muster

Hellos (to Bean)

There is something

About the surprise

Of a fresh

Overnight snow fall

Something crisp chilling

And clean something

Just like your

Smile the other

Night upon arrival

It brought newness

To the area

Season of Christmas

Of surprises and

Hope that maybe

Last time will

Be the last

Time that we

Say goodbye and

From now on

A simple series

Of just hellos

Wonderful fresh crisp

And warming hellos