'strength or energy' -
'coercion or compulsion' -
'push or pull,' you made me lull
myself away from myself
in parlous daydreams
it was the object, the promise, the need
for you against
me, unmet because of the headstrong
mountains in-between
it was the bells
pavlov felt would make me
your dog, your perfect angel-
demon infidel, and to answer your question
i don't believe
in us anymore, but there's a difficult heat
from the matter inside me
the human that breathes
for your reality
that lulls itself to sleep with nonsensical scenes, with
the sleepy possibility
of you and me