When the Love Runs Out

When the love runs out
it will use the household vents
to escape

it will drift out with the heat
leaving you with the air conditioning
you so desired.

Drama Belongs on the Counter

Drama belongs on the counter
where it can be kneaded
unneeded
chopped into blocks
of misunderstanding
spiced and spiked
with too many words
baked, roasted, fried
until it comes out beautiful.

Is This How You Get Undressed

Is this how
you get

undressed
until your

naked skin
glistening with

sweat dripping
down your

back sticking
to mine.

Is this how
you get

undressed
your ticklish

fingers creeping
fabric up toward

my head is
spinning with

thoughts competing
for attention.

Is this how
you get

undressed
first your

shirt tucked in
to your

skirt spread
out on the

bed before
nudity.

Is this
how

you get
undressed.

You Leave Burn Marks with Your Fingers

My lips locked between yours

like a puzzle

fingers interlaced with hair

Set me on fire

You kissed my collarbone

up the crevice in my neck

dipped down to the space

between my breasts

left kiss-shaped marks

like cigarette burns

Your fingers fit perfectly

into the little dimples

of my lower back

pressing down like buttons

heating the space

between

Your hand wrapped around my ribs

clicked into its niche betwixt

my rib bones and breast

It was made just for you

to hold, to heat

to burn

Your knees woven into mine

beneath the quilt

light fingers tracing

electric patterns

Your touch leaves burn marks

where you’ve sealed me to you.

恋の意味は何でしょう

『.大好き』と言うと

どんな意味でしょう？

あなたが

とても好き

と言う意味？

それとも、

あなたなら

何でもできる

と言う意味？

『愛してる』と言うと

どんな意味でしょう？

『大好き』より

強い言葉

と言う意味？

それとも、

あなたが

必要な人

と言う意味？

『恋してる』と言うと

どんな意味でしょう？

あなたなら

何でもできる

と言う意味だ。

『愛してる』より

強い言葉

と言う意味だ。

それに、

永遠まで

一緒にいたい

と言う意味だ。

毎日

おはよう-

あなたの笑顔を

毎朝

見てほしいよ。

こんにちわ-

毎日午後、

あなたと一緒に

手をつないで

公園に散歩に行きたい。

こんばんわ-

毎晩、

あなたの可愛いくて

静かな

ささやきを聞きたい。

おやすみ-

でも、

それまで、

待っているぞ。

Lake Lansing

The sun sneaks behind the lake

peeking pink and purple

hello

the lake is sleeping

A silent lull of

nothing blankets the lake, the cluttered

dock in lifejackets

the reflection shining home

Two dock cranes watch

the water, waiting

for the bursts of light

life that will scare them away

Pale yellow claims the clouded sky

good morning

a new breeze shivers the lake

My mother calls it “pond.”

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Open window

birds fly past

fleeting, greeting,

coo, coo

one flew

just out of my grasp

chirping hello

to the other it met

why isn’t there anyone

to tweet

that to me?

As I emptied the shed...

As I emptied the shed

I watched the couples,

 passers-by with hands

so hard and hollow

they could hold more

than mine.

The Understanding of a Poem

I don’t know where

you are

god-

forsaken

allusive

meaning

I have found

you in

her eyes

and his hands

great and strong

you are done

everything

I have searched

you out

groping, grasping

I have worked

hard, hoping

you will come

into focus

you have been

found

in distant lands

literature, hidden

in html

I don’t know where

you are

god-

forsaken

allusive

you

don’t know what

I’ll do when I

find you.