Wet roofs
green, green leaves
bluebird sullenly staring at me
out there beyond the trees
footsteps of a humming city.
Do I want your complex chemistry?
Spawn of ancient Babylon, dancing girls,
prayer shawl, swift flights of desert wind.

You’re standing in a bar
glass of wine
rapt girl pinned to your side
there at the back of your mind
is a cut out image of me.

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Circles recreate their yarn, lines of soldiers bursting to escape that hinged compartment that you call your heart. I’m waiting for your eyes to surprise me, I want to cut them out and wear them in my ears, black diamonds, black pools of Hebrew wisdom, then I could forget you. All roads lead to tunnels I’ve arranged and re arranged over years.

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Faces change
lines crack
under the pressure
of a lazy afternoon
where the blue
finally shines through.