Writings

I step to the edge of this passion
where the air is thin and clouds softly swirl
about my bare ankles…

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She waits by the window.
Hoping he’ll come back.

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I keep picking
sunny boys

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(14 words for February 14 Valentine’s Day)

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The silent sorrow says it all
and the elaborate way in which we avoid one another,
the long evenings with you in the studio

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I awake lost in a tangle
of left-over dreams that dance

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I loved you once
when our exchange of letters

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No one wants to hear about broken hearts. Its cliché.

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Entangled
in a luscious fight
of desire and surrender,

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I never realised
just how hard it could be

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As the benediction of soul
transforms unwittingly
to feelings of flesh

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Now that the house has settled down again
Roy and I have had conversations.

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I flame even now remembering the messy way
I fell open to your fingers,
like the needle of a tattoo gun

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she saw this prince of the dragonfly warriors
he was debonair and tender
but didn’t notice her true beauty exist

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When I started hostessing at Sofia’s, it was your typical New York City moonlighting-gig. Sofia’s was the quintessential Upper East Side pizzeria and hot-spot, populated by modern-day debutantes, celebrities and heiresses. The place was abuzz with fashion and the “latest thing.” With the eye makeup on, the right clothes and the right walk, with fashion-camera confidence and runway arrogance, I made myself a few bucks here and there.

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I am no more or less deprived,
nor eager, nor ashamed.

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“The best part of love is the thinnest slice, and it don’t count for much…” I belt the Air Supply lyrics to Lost in Love at the top of my lungs as I drive to work.

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Consuming,
unencumbered
within
a fervid passion

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true love i’ve never felt before
now it swells within my heart

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Aesthetic comportment
immediate connection
safety of minds interlocked and entwined.

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I went back in time amidst the flowers
that crumble upon touch to understand
a minute\’s worth of oblivion.
Gathering clouds in the sky set off
lightning that kissed the distance
bringing rain and vapor that fused every
cell in my body.
The perpetual tempo of the battering
thunder materialized as memories of us
echoed through my system.
What kind of liaison were we that […]

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Storms in the heart of love embark.
Waves of hurt like a man eating shark.
Gnashing teeth are out for blood.

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Although there are definitely larger and more aggressive vehicles (most of which, though, have only been made available to the civilian market in semi-recent years) it stands, still, dark and imposing, a cube slab of black granite on the white-gray concrete of the driveway.

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Oh, do you miss being kissed?
Do you secretly reminisce over that lovely, sweet wetness?

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Love does not seek indulgence
nor walk with trepidation
but springs up unrestrained.

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I unpacked Franklin’s suitcase
and discovered your packet of letters—

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Hot beat sweeps, throbs green
through jungle’s huge shredded leaves.
Fruits dangle opulent
in dimness.

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Like seal skin—
yes, that’s it—
patted dry with tightly woven lint-free cloth,

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What is a puzzle, if its missing a piece?
An empty space, where true love will cease.

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