those
pesky winters can’t live right
snow
avoids the desert not
for
temperatures sake, fear
cactus
kill the delicate flakes
lizard
tongues too rough my skin
too
tan and tough reckless cancer
black
bits too sad for frozen doilies
take
ten steps north for nothing
weather
doesn’t even change
distance
causes a storm between
us
our fiery southwest passion keeps
we
closer than November snow can stand
six
steps out of nine that break
apart
the story falls I drop
a
line that never knew sympathy
for
any but itself it is careless
dangerous
in indifference my smile
betrayal
comes too often never in
time
melts my skin melts faster
for
want of fever deflate all
car
ride in car ride in
discussion
of half-white saguaro
cream
dipped sideways deception
things
not this way they look often
not
often enough not to be normal
is
often where distance comes in play
August
breaks between us a deluge
cold
to steaming in heart break
this
car takes riding seriously
No comments:
Post a Comment