here, in the crispness of the stanza
i fumbly comb the reaches of this
ardor only
to have it collapse enchanted around me
like the mattress
we've fallen from countless
times trying
to figure out whatitis
we mean to say
open and
close
openandclose
your laughing eye!
the sage walls drip with icarus
this and every night
as imagined wings spread
beyond the expanse
of the room
charred by candles
and the burning light of the auto repair across the street
a winter pyre
forgiven by february
hands on flesh
we speak in pancakes
and parenthesis
like careful creatures planting
flowers at midnight
quietly(
close)
close the bathroom door around me
close your legs around me
chase the never ending
line
off the toilet seat
down your body
until i can't feel
anything but the madness of you
red velvet
your open mouth
nursing raspberries from my arms like
branches above you-
a tree planted
on that couch, a narrow
opening in time
who should
put the coffee on?
an earnest
pot pouring
into cups like craters from months of remember
and into me
you're onto me
flash from skyeyes
open
and close
openandclose
and o
pen
how many more nights
i will call to icarus
again and again
crying out from the top
of the tree, or below
the toppling
the steady
steady
coming
