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Dre G Sep 2012
two moons have crawled across the surface
of gaia's crown and i am
still obsessing over your
death.
it's not fair, it's not real, and it wasn't
supposed to happen.

the news reporter didn't care and
the catholic priest didn't care and
the cops could give a **** less
just as we had expected.

heather, it just doesn't make sense.

and we all blamed it on ourselves
and then on the drugs
and then on the blue skies themselves
for letting the seams rip out from under you.

when we first met you held
that bottle with your teeth the way you hold
the sound waves so tightly
as you weave them round the corn stalks.

and when you bought me that pink wine
the day of the glitter, all i could hear
was your knuckles cracking blunt raps
and then edges of cans clinking
as the tower grew taller.
you passed out in your underwear that
night and i need to know
what did you dream of?

right before i lost my purse at the studio
a deer told me a secret that
i still can't understand, i still can
remember his hoof dragging like
morse code, and i think he knew
something, but mike was in the mudroom
and it was a hot summer.

and heather, it just doesn't make sense.

how could a sharp knife be bent by a feather and
how could an endless beach
suddenly disappear and
how could your embers be
bloated by water?

there are few people and things
that make you feel comfortable,
you know what i mean, like the
bowel comfortable, the clicking
into blackness, belonging through rebellion,
like every mistake and disaster
is a virtue because the night has birthed us that way.

i don't know if this has brought us closer
or farther, i don't know
what i'm supposed to tell you grieving
mother, i don't even know if it was
you in that casket, or a puffy scarecrow
doll they crafted out of fear.

just promise me i'll never forget the moon
that night at south harbor,
promise you will slip that sinister
smile, wherever you are,
promise we will smoke one more
dutch for your jamaica,

and i promise the streets of
southold will always breathe
your name.
Isaac Spencer Aug 2019
Efficiency, it's called-
Three rooms we'll share,
Mudroom, bathroom,
Bedroom: our lair.

She picked it,
And I was content,
I still am!
To her, I knew what it meant.

An evolution,
A third phase-
A step past dating-
A coming of age.

We've been together-
For over a year now,
And the rest of our lives;
Are already here, now.
I suppose... see:)?

twas approximately early/mid March
nineteen ninety six begat your fate
obstetrics and gynecology specialist(s)
signalled impending birth (due) date

about nine months later
December twenty second, and how great
our respective ecstatic mental/emotional state
upon beholding bundle of joy
a miracle of life, we helped create
perhaps chuckles will titillate.

Since your "mother" then diagnosed with
Group B Streptococcus also known as
Group B Strep Infection (GBS),
we needed to forego
intent to access facilities at
Bryn Mawr Birth Center.

Hence envision (somewhat comedic in retrospect)
Abby Robin heavy with child,
she (heading in one direction)
somewhat harried styled
and expectant "mother"
without doubt somewhat riled
being tethered with intravenous tubes
forced to schlep (attired as if exiled)
heading from Bryn Mawr Birth Center
to Bryn Mawr Hospital.

During active labor, par for course
(which truth be told got induced,
methinks ye would have been
an Xmas bubelah,
cuz doctor averse to putter around
I believe sought to clinch golf match),
nevertheless her ****** did dilate natch
really between six and ten centimeters
head of newborn crowned out the hatch
resembling Brassica oleracea var. capitata
grown in cabbage patch.

Once scrumptious bouncing
baby girl successfully birthed,
passed the Apgar test with flying
(red, white, and blue colors),
the first screening administered she received
most newborns given; the scores —
rated on a scale of 0 to 10, and taken
one minute and again five minutes after birth —
reflecting baby's general condition.

Actually 21 (or more) types
of blood screens completed:
A single blood test looked
for at least 21 serious genetic,
metabolic, hormonal and functional disorders,

including PKU, hypothyroidism,
congenital adrenal hyperplasia,
biotinidase deficiency,
maple syrup ***** disease,
galactosemia, homocystinuria,
medium-chain acyl-CoA.

Passage of your pinteresting life initially
hashtagged by days, then weeks,
months (milestones recorded),
and eventually happy Earth orbitz anniversary
celebrations acknowledged.

As a young lass, each birthday notched
feted at few listed choice venues such as:
The Mudroom (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
Kehler's gym (Broomall, Pennsylvania)
Belmont Hills Community building
until ye outgrew elementary outings
facilitated courtesy papa and mama.

As years whizzed by at lightspeed
disadvantages despite being linkedin among
village people associated with Jewish creed
stark financial shortcomings did exceed
the means to afford costs of Lower Merion
nsync livingsocial within MainLine
became impossible mission plain as day and
in apropos Prius us indeed
we could not huff Ford
even one tweeting nor twittering buzzfeed.

— The End —