Expectant

The guest list was set
along with the table
shiny crystal glasses
and waiters ready to serve.

The scene was opulent
stunning in the details
scraps of velvet stitched together to make
a chocolate, liquid evening

Time ticking, sinking deep
sadness making its rounds
curling up into my eyes
when the guests don't arrive

All suggesting the need for low expectations.

doubts

old songs read like a rainy day
coursing down the narrow inlet on my back
winsome, my arms unfurl
mocking the disbelief gathering in my eyes
unsure that anyone ever meant, "an awful lot"
or that anyone ever will again
songs from strangers being the only chance
anything else being too much to hope for
feeling the memories drip away
and the creep of resolved cynicism

green eyes

jealousy
comes from a threat to ownership
which is why i'm so defiant
jealousy
is easier than rejection
and confrontation

cozy little imagined boxes

Ten cents per line

Wanted:
An escape to superficiality. Mediocre music and personality a must. Thoughts not welcome. Poignant memories either.

Putting these fliers up,
staples to telephone poles.
What a defeat.
What a brilliant escape.
What a foolproof way to stop.

Life living past the tipping point.

accordidon't

boy with the accordion:
trying ever so hard
to make the fine lady
fall in love with him
alas, his skills are mediocre.
he will keep playing,
with his medicordion skills
until the fine lady
boots him away away
because he is annoying
sigh sigh

waterfalling

today, I would like to
stand under a waterfall
and let the beating water
pound, pound, pound
trickling around the curve of my ear
eyelashes forming individual spikes
crystalline.
sun spearing through
the jumping drops
and I feel a rippling in my soul
unburdened from the guilt of the day
small grime
sliding away
with a roar
leaving my being
alive with adrenaline
and open