... on a late night balcony ... you trace the great bear above us ... and I the small spiderweb tattooed on your back ... my unchanging constellations
Painting by Joan Miro, "Constellation: Before the Rainbow"
... riverplace / by the window ... you with an amber ale / me with my constant fear ... will you swallow me whole ... or in bits and pieces ....... til I disappear
... filled with water from the well metal washtubs on green grass ... we screamed because we could ... hand me down bathing suits billowing with summer
... windows open to the night / tree frogs calling for mates ... I drift in and out of sleep ... out on the highway a truck crosses over the rumble strips