06-12-2014, 12:29 AM
Tongues loosen,
fall to the floor
like bar keep change
lights tip,
pool cues dip
everybody’s touched,
everything is moved.
An evening begins with a rock
plant grows on rock
animal eats plant
person eats animal
person dies of overeating
an evening begins anew with a rock.
One girl leaves her grief in the car;
to her, it is no more than foreskin
on a soft-skinned pear.
In the mirror behind the bottles
is the one who accompanies you
on these nights rich in hypocrisy.
It’s good to know tall glasses
are for drinks; most folks don’t
realize what their thirst is for.
Wings, talons, all that hair:
do not heed the hawk’s lecture
when you’ve got it all, babe.
At the end of the night,
most are sparrows
in winter branches
without a name;
the last one out
shuts the door.
fall to the floor
like bar keep change
lights tip,
pool cues dip
everybody’s touched,
everything is moved.
An evening begins with a rock
plant grows on rock
animal eats plant
person eats animal
person dies of overeating
an evening begins anew with a rock.
One girl leaves her grief in the car;
to her, it is no more than foreskin
on a soft-skinned pear.
In the mirror behind the bottles
is the one who accompanies you
on these nights rich in hypocrisy.
It’s good to know tall glasses
are for drinks; most folks don’t
realize what their thirst is for.
Wings, talons, all that hair:
do not heed the hawk’s lecture
when you’ve got it all, babe.
At the end of the night,
most are sparrows
in winter branches
without a name;
the last one out
shuts the door.