I remember our song long ago
Far along the distant alley
We were the last long lights
Of night
The contemplation of pleasures
Leaving us ignoring us
Of flight

Never knowing the distant eternities
The falling feathers of our sky
Never long
Some asking why

And then I thought of you…
My long aching pain…
Never the same…

For this is why we die…

What did I leave
my family
What have I left
to my kids
What did we share
together
Why would they ever
forgive
The things I kept
inside me …
The times I sat
alone …
The things I hid
in silence …
Those times
—that haunt me so

(The New Room: August, 2023)

Whatever your politics
they're drowning in the channel
but they still want to put them
on barges.

Let me …
Melt in your arms..
Smother in your kisses ..
Drown in your eyes..
Fall for you…