(possibly still in progress)
For the Union Dad
shiny as a frog that swallowed a firefly
a tiny car with a large pride flag
an overcoat day makes green greener—
coffee is the most beautiful color
I love gravity
even left-handed gravity
so democratic, except—
Baryshnikov
I await my husband
hoping to get sparkly together
the "d" is silent, the husband is not
the clouds another ridge
of mountains
behind the mountains
1985? What year was that?
I don't know about that look
unless you're going for Amish war bride.
while she just goes around being pretty
your face
must be
in a different
place
than where
I was looking
what disappears when I do?
moons & Junes & sleepiness & rainbells
the sun is in Barbados for the winter
lamplight in the moonlight
and short dogs growing from aloe plants
rosy-fingered Dante & you were crying
where the winter has gone
everyone felt sorry for him
for having a girlfriend
who would put up with behavior like his
I grew up on a cotton candy plantation
we rock back but we'll roll forward
I lived the life I wanted to.
before the 16th century, it was considered vulgar
to know anything
as intimate as the date of your own birth
don't be getting all big boy on me
not on a day as short as a dollar