Inny Outty

We talked too long about
belly buttons, I forgive myself
for being to into myself but,
I wish I was not
the only one who
sniffed my
finger.

The Name That Starts with E and Ends With H

Back when things were less exotic.
Had names that started and ended with
something more than single letters.
A chemist couldn't cook up
something more than
question marks when
long conversations at brunch
begged more than a casual
meet and greet across foam
cups.  Not to be sour
but, I think I liked you more
when there was still
a score
to settle.

More Go

Catch yourself hands up in neutral on a bad downhill
catching flies with your teeth and lashes cutting cars and
really road markings are a suggestion and if you get
from stop one to stop two on the busway you can
pull it off without a ticket and a citation for heroism,
but catch yourself hands up in neutral and look, ma,
all good, bombing the hell out of this town and
the world feels small and gigantic skyed at the same time:
making sense starts to feel frivolous and maybe
the devil may care this time around.

Daddy Said Don't Play in the Dirt

I'm faster.
I'm stronger.
I'm you part two,
dontcha know?

I'm laughing, belly first.
Empty socket
and a whole lot of voltage,
dontcha know?

Daddy said
don't play in the dirt,
but I got my fingernails all guffed up.

Wherever you are,
there's no one I can't reach.
Burn it all to the ground
if you plan on planting something.

I'm faster, I'm smarter,
I'm squared up good.
I'm on it, I'm on her, I'm in him,
feather true, arrowhead blades thin as paper.

I'm you.  Don't you get it yet?
How long will it take.
I'm faster, insides stronger,
dontcha know by now that thing
looking you dead in your premature eyes
is just you.
Part two.