Sunday, September 30, 2007

every one belongs to every one else

those photographs look like they were taken on a day like today
and they were
and they were

images move over the page like lips moving to say
i know they were
i know they were


it was hard to understand and i wasn’t there until just now
but they were
but they were


you left me for a stella on the roof
every one belongs to every one else
you left me for a stella on the roof
every one belongs to every one else

Saturday, September 29, 2007

when we kissed then

I wanted to ask you several questions
while i was undressing you
“why is there so much pain between us”
for example,
but it didn’t seem appropriate.
Your eyes were closed (always)
so it was difficult to tell if you could hear me
(anyway)
your lips held some tension
when i kissed them.
“Do you remember when it felt like a hot bath”
(for example)
when we kissed then.
It was difficult to attain that same position
(your upper lip between mine)
when your lips were cold and unresponsive
it felt like nothing.
So i repeated myself again
kissing the lips several times
to keep
feeling
nothing.