Noontime Starshine

You were gone
and whatever warmth
the world had in store for the day
descended
and in that word
was catharsis
in that moment
whatever we might become
reminded us
of what we are

I remembered a story
that I should like to share with you
in words
that might not reach
wherever it is you are
but will keep trying
long after I have given up
given in
to the call
of the sky above

It's about a boy
and a girl
that were destined to be stars
but didn't know it
so when they looked at each other
they saw a boy
and a girl
and the distant light of the stars
remained so very far away
buried behind their eyes

Something Else

That siren smile was something else

as voiced by my mother

because she's got the years

that I don't

to make it really mean something

and when I borrow her words

I like to present them            

in her voice

with the proper inflection

the proper genuflection

before the altar of that old love

that makes this new love

so very true

Pardon the preamble

but I was thinking

about the best way to tell you

that I wanted to stop

and let you convince me my thetan levels

were out of this world

but I knew if I pulled out my earbuds

that smile would be swallowed

and whatever spell

you placed upon me

would break

whatever love I felt

would crash upon the rocks

The world is made of moments

and I spend most of them

trying to string together

the ones just past

into some sort of mythology

that's just as crazy

as whatever it was you were selling

just as ludicrous

as the way I fall in love

with a pair of lips

lifted up like wings

to carry me away

from the whirlpool of the world

Spin me right round

She spins the world

round her hips

and much as I'd like to watch

I'm not the child I once was

who stared at the sun

because he was told not to

Each revolution brings

a responsibility

to turn my head away

before I start leering

to turn my heart away

before I start loving

I need to take the advice

of my six year old self

and simply tell this stranger

how her hula hooping

is making it okay

to stare at the sun again

Talking to celestial bodies

isn't my style though

so I'm left smiling at her

an aimlessly amiable smile

letting her know I'm watching
from so very far away

T-Shirt Idea

I don't take compliments

with a necessary degree

of detachment

so when you told me

you liked my shirt

I figured you liked my shirt

and wanted to sleep with me

but were socially obligated

to compliment my clothing

before we jumped into bed

It's ridiculous

in that way truth often is

in the way that people

pretend their words

have no meaning

beyond the present tense

where I'm struggling

to find a casual enough

thank you

to let you off the hook

I'd like to thank you

for offering fornication

in the space of four words

but there's a chance

slim though it may be

that maybe

you just liked me shirt

so thank you

for liking these words

spilling off my sleeve

Making this shit up

So
there's this girl
and I'd like to tell her
that she's pretty
only it's a lie
that I'd like to tell her

Would
it make you happy
if I were a liar
and this girl
wasn't this girl
but was you

You
might have caught on
if you weren't looking
through that lens
weren't looking to capture
missed connections

Smile
while I play it again
there's this girl
and I'd like to tell her
that she's pretty
only it's a lie

If this were for you
why is it about
the way I lie
about pretty girls
pretty yous
made up by me