it is very late at night.
my forehead is pressed to
the moist, wet window, and the
drizzling from the silent, gray billows
...
i wish we could stay out here forever,
until the sun breaks through in song;
let's keep dodging the couples
and running from rabbles,
...
deep ivy castles of
lore, white stone, and dungeon
...
at the moment
all these thoughts, these boggling worries
are so wretchedly confusing.
am I supposed to settle my mind,
...
we made a most marvelous discovery today:
bubbly bubbly soda pop and fizzy noses filled with snot
('victor, put that pool stick down. Don't say snot! ')
should always ever be mixed together
...
the clouds crowd far beneath my feet;
but i—i’m distant! i wish she could see
the lands stretched free beside my wings;
better yet, i wish
...
rippling light reflects from her eyes,
her hair; how ’tis possible that i
may see this graceful heart in form?
...
i'm not trying to make this/us difficult;
this is my own stupidity,
my own boy-ishness that keeps
all that i long for from bounding out.
...
I found myself—while she was gone—
Retracing all her usual habits;
A swing by the creek
In the still brilliant coolness,
...