Notes

your notes are very welcoming
like they are a nice place to be
i could hop on them
like jumping from roof
to roof of tall buildings
built from the sky

you give a little
wave
but i open my arms
you teeter in
our faces brush
awkward pendulums
on our balances
but then your arms
so fierce around me
hold tight
my body to yours
my heart is about
to crack open
smashed by the
pendulum
against the wall
of reality

Your Arte Deco Heart

harsh light
no euphemism
between the glow
and the shadow
on your face
how angry
your arte deco heart
at the bewilderment
of material
revelation
you say
there must
be
something out there
happiness
is worth
studying
you muse
beneath the interrogation
of the lights

Face Paint of an Erudite Doll

how is it that
that which is an
attempt
to capture the
mystique human
makeup
is simply such
face paint
of an erudite doll
the folly
of a porcelain
figurine

Honey Sweet

after you are through with me
i am like a honeycomb
run through with holes
where i once was filled
dripping with sweet gold
too stung to be consumed
i am your perforated
holy queen

all expanse into single density
two fish slip in and out
of current awakening
i laugh at the genius
of it all

a girl's journal
dry leaves peeled off
from ripe fruit
giving room
to grow