You were excellent

At placing commas

Like as you

Said they were

Pauses from you

To me kisses

And winks and

Deliberate deliberating sighs

Teasing rather I

Think knowing that

Soon and for

Certain will come

That damned period

Ending all this

Taunting rambling poppycock

It’s being thrown

From the horse

That makes horseback

Riding so thrilling

It’s not trotting

Cantering even galloping

That enchants me

But that sudden

Stark stop when

You’re abruptly airborne

Flailing and uncertain

Where you’ll land

But certain that

You will and

After the bouncity

Bounce bounce you

Then reflect saying

Now that was

One helluva ride

Same with lovers

And with breakups

Oh how I

Do enjoy lovers

But I love

Even more that

Woozy breakup and

Bumpity bump bump

Seeing you seeing

Me like cats

We stared at

First curious then

Alarmed weighing whether

One caused the

Other harm timidly

Touching like a

Child to the

Glow of an

Angel first a

Finger then a

Hand then the

Shoulder spreading slowly

To the chest

Like pancake batter

Poured on griddles

Pausing like a

Cloudburst when the

Sun breaks free

Suddenly aware of

Nakedness we clutch

Each other in

Our chagrin knowing

Now right now

That we could

That we can

Leap from safety

Into the skies

Sea like parachutists

Hoping that the

Canopies we are

Will open landing

Us softly and

Safely onto the

Bed down below