you say boundary
Like we're in a B&B;
upholding the highest standards
of privacy for guests.

I remember standing outside the tangle of humans,
my friend and her four kids and husband
and I felt like I was in a Wal-mart parking lot and
couldn't wrap my head around the exits, even what
the word exit means.  All those logistical concerns,
but how do you, and what about...

now, with you, my mind can scarcely make out what the heck
you are talking about

I guess it’s fair to say that the prime concern
of those not in the bed
is not the same as those within
nor can you glimpse, from there,
the bridges, canyons
and glens

the sudden cascade of love to wake with a child in
your armpit and a lover tracing his finger over your
******, having been watching you two sleep
and growing so hard with love he can not move

and moving so the boat stays afloat for all
and rolling with the waves that are carrying you to shore

come roll call, all the guests are gone
you’ve come home, or not at all.