A Kiss On A Cognac River Poem by luke holt

Labyrinth kisses from diluted lips
Spreading utopian sunlight and chi
Capillaries burst with pleasure and fear
Making your highness start burning for me

Sorcery of opal stars are in flight
Making a sickness for junkies and clowns
Holding remorse and guilt over our heads
Throwing their languid disease all around

In times of peril the illusions are slow
Altered perception and judgments are low
If you want to fall in love with her, bro
Share a kiss on cognac river like so

Your tongues will play hockey and frolic and play
Orbicular orifices can’t stay away
The thought will spend hours caressing your mind
Until you do drugs and lose track of man kind


Green eyes will widen and red ones will stay
The more her behavior grows downright risqué
You’ll soon be replacing that cute, friendly grope
For a dime full of reefer and a purse full of dope


In times of peril the illusions are slow
Altered perception and judgments are low
If you want to fall in love with her, bro
Share a kiss on cognac river like so


The opium pilot calls out to the sea
He says “hey creator, what else do you see”
He sees what appears to be a Dear John note
And a poor lost romantic just slitting his throat

Opiate morning
Barbiturate day
You hate her so much but you can’t stay away
Ecstasy evening and misery night
You want to stay home
Even so there’s a fight


Braggadocio
And Tokyo smiles
Weathered arms bleeding on damp kitchen tiles
Pegasus flaming
Your chakras enthralled
“Oh by the way waiter your ex-girlfriend called! ”

Sulfuric acid and shuffling sands
Sunny side up as the paladin stands
Harlequin smiles
And ivory seas
Blatantly yearning and shouting for me

Cellophane spectrums of trickling rain
Random up-tempo emotional pain
Spasmodic seizures
Convulsing and bright
Writhing from moonlight and distant like night


Springtime is glistening with avian breeds
Lovers and loners
All colors and creeds
Nymph blossom tantrics
And brash neon lights
Ill equipped martyrs
With salt laden plights




In times of peril the illusions are slow
Altered perception and judgments are low
If you want to fall in love with her, bro
Share a kiss on cognac river like so