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 Aug 2016 Marty S Dalton
Liv B
I dreamt last night that you might love me.
That between the sheets were whispered words
Cradled verses.
Our tongues rolled like tiny boats on the highest tides
And when I let out bellowing laughs, you covered my mouth

I dreamt last night that you might need me.
That we drove for centuries in a lemon of a car
Just to get away.
We rolled the windows down in stormy, icy weather
And when I could not stay awake you let me sleep

Last night I cried so hard I thought my house shook and shifted from its base.
I felt no relief this morning.
I felt no freedom, no sighs escaped my heavy heart and sagging lungs.
Only longing, only wanting.
Only questions filled my mind.

Bed ridden

I dreamt last night that you were miserable.
I wasn't crying then.
 Aug 2016 Marty S Dalton
Liv B
PINK FLOWERS ON MY WALK
I SHOULD TAKE THAT SHOT
TEXT REPLY, HERE’S WHAT I GOT
WENT OUT TODAY TO FIND YOU
SOMETHING YOU’D LOVE, OR LIKE A LOT

MORE PINK FLOWERS...
DOWN THE BLOCK
I WISH WE HADN’T FOUGHT
BE YOUR ANCHOR, BE YOUR ROCK
HATE TO THINK THOSE IMPURE THOUGHTS
THAT I MIGHT BE HERE TOMORROW
JUST TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT

WAIT… MORE PINK FLOWERS?
****…
THERE WERE NO SIGNS
I MADE THEM UP
 Aug 2016 Marty S Dalton
tl b
I fell
 Aug 2016 Marty S Dalton
tl b
into some type of infatuation,
and then when i was bruised up enough
i climbed back out,
grabbed your hand,
and slipped back into something
that feels like love.
"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"
 Aug 2016 Marty S Dalton
Melisa
Sometimes  I get lost
in my own thought.
Thoughts that never got out of my head.
Thoughts that never got spoken.
Why when everyone has changed,
I still remain the same?
Is it wrong
or am I the only normal person?
All these questions are running through my head
but the point is...will anybody ever answer?
Mint green nails, trailing across your faded black tattoos.

The ability of bandanas to cover up out grown roots that I'm
too broke to touch up.

Long showers when no one is home to yell at me for wasting water.

The way your lips feel against mine, so safe and familiar,
and how your mouth tastes like a bad habit.

The white of battle scars against my summer tan.
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