Tossed

Blue crash oyster waves

Twists tales of our time again

Acquire lonely days still

It’s back to Europe with our minds ablaze 

Out of questions

Yet never lost 

Love that long, sudden ended always

Bring only what you want to 

Bring only what you need

After sudden whispers there’s a calling 

I shout your name from my knee

Lay down so I can bring up reasons why it will always work

Open stories daily now

He calls me Hemingway and I tell him not to start it

You 

are perfect

to me

I miss college if nothing more than that moment of forgetting what I thought I’d learned

I saw her yesterday and it turned into today all day long

Forever chasing trails of longing for the story I never really knew

Almost nearing an end of a pseudo-liberal beginning

Because lately it’s because of hesitation I write

I eat alone because I like the yearning 

I accept proposals then invite a cancellation 

I toss up angry gestures so I can’t feel anymore

Engage the people who write books about me

What am I saying, oh illuminating one?

How have I tortured your mind into thinking 

That I am indeed a possibility?

This ardent love completes me

Ever-thoughtful words pour out of my mouth like velvet kisses made for kings

These things I keep like a promise that lay open

A door shuts like a stark mistake

Swing with me forever

Let’s tessellate until we reach the top of the year together

A madhouse of sex and rock ‘n’ roll