SplishSplashSplush

Like the order

Of things eventually

The lion gives

Way to the

Cub the tide

To the sea

And the sea

To the beach

In life there

Is a constant

Splish splash splush

Of one thing

Getting in the

Way of another

In fact one

Thing means far

Less without the

Other this the

Order of things

SpecialYou

This is how

Special you are

You’re an oyster

With two pearls

A laugh without

A joke spoken

Rather something funny

Seen and enjoyed

An ice cream

Which topples from

The cone unfinished

And yet satisfied

Because even one

Taste was enough

A loud hiccup

In a crowded

Room drawing attention

And creating chagrin

Surprises you are

To everyone including

Me that knows

The special you

Tickle (for Egon Frank)

Like a leaf

That falls upon

My shoulder on

It’s way to

The forests floor

Or a snowflake

That lands upon

My tongue before

Disappearing there or

A bubble whose

Surface shimmers a

Rainbow before delicately

Popping or even

Like that one

Old stale joke

That makes me

Spit out my

Drink before I

Erupt in laughter

I enjoy most

In life being

Tickled a tickle

To me is

Like the finger

Of God on

My ribs reminding

Me that despite

Everything else I

Am still here

Infidelities

I have cheated

Yes I have

I have cheated

With those that

I have loved

Then and there

To take my

Mind off my

First love writing

Yes I welcomed

Their distractions and

Yes I entertained

Their attention romance

And intimate interludes

Yes I cheated

But I returned

I always returned

To my one

And true love

For when I

Write I write

Absent of jealousy

Absent of time

Just me with

Me alone deliciously

Alone with me

ForgiveForget

I beg you

I’m begging you

Before we begin

To understand this

I will forgive

I will forgive

You for everything

Everything you do

If to me

Or to others

Or even yourself

Because that’s love

But I won’t

I won’t forget

I will never

Forget I won’t

Forget them and

I won’t forget

You because if

I love you

And forgive you

It’s impossible for

Me to ever

Ever forget you

I beg you

I’m begging you

To understand this

Before we begin

That you can’t

You simply can’t

Have one and

Not the other

They are twins