Xenon enters the city -
How did it get there?
How did it get there?
Restless azaleas can make
pale roses desist
pale roses desist
two white shells row the blue Charles
blades brush past cat paws
blades brush past cat paws
like a wet towel hung to dry
air hangs warm and damp
air hangs warm and damp
do you remember that time
we kissed. with the eyes
we kissed. with the eyes
I remember that quite well,
The time we eye-kissed.
The time we eye-kissed.
Oh, how deep your eyes were then!
Now they're just shallow...
Now they're just shallow...
Blue and shallow: small puddle;
Simple kitchen spill.
Simple kitchen spill.
A small collection of tears,
Perhaps from longing.
Perhaps from longing.
Yet, when your best friend's blue, too;
Sadness fades away
Sadness fades away
All that remains is concern;
And that's a true friend.
And that's a true friend.
But fragile discussion threads
Can become heated ...
Can become heated ...
Bankers, artisans, poets
Honour the mantra
Honour the mantra
Sonnets, rondels, verbs ... choka
code can be broken
code can be broken
Every line's a tapestry
- followers, sacred
- followers, sacred
For a fellow wand'ring soul:
Couplets flood my mind...
Couplets flood my mind...
I've lost details of your face.
Sad, how recall fades.
Sad, how recall fades.
Clearer, though, is how we met.
I remember that...
I remember that...
Hurtling through the darkness,
Thoughts and I, alone.
Thoughts and I, alone.
Then you, your light, piercing through.
Soon we were as one.
Soon we were as one.
You became my sole concern.
And I yours, as well.
And I yours, as well.
No words. Quick glances, signals.
Smiles, effortless dance.
Smiles, effortless dance.
Others' lives were just background,
Focused as we were.
Focused as we were.
We had fun. So much at first.
Then, true nature won.
Then, true nature won.
We stopped cooperating.
I was in your way.
I was in your way.
You were also in my way.
Our goals, misaligned.
Our goals, misaligned.
My course just couldn't waver.
Yours was planned as well.
Yours was planned as well.
So, I kept heading westward.
You then headed north.
You then headed north.
The interstate took me home,
Left you in my past.
Left you in my past.
I still wonder about you,
Through the mists of time.
Through the mists of time.
It's been forty minutes now.
You are well, I hope.
You are well, I hope.
Solid buds crouch in my face
Health and illness merge
Health and illness merge
And solitude is best now
Twittering lightly
Twittering lightly
Sicilian orange salad
- dish for one only
- dish for one only
Nourishes and clarifies
Lonely homesickness
Lonely homesickness
Words unpeeling at tram stops
Provide no comfort
Provide no comfort
I am swollen with morbid
preoccupations
preoccupations
vagaries of gravity
you're getting me down
you're getting me down
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