Saturday, June 21, 2014

surrounded by sirens and sickness


i’m such an extreme loner

i prefer to take care of my own boner

but i wake to the feel of her hand

my eyes find hers and she teases,

“hey, i found it like this”

 

i move closer for a kiss

and it’s an hour before

our first cup of coffee

 

it’s four o’clock

hours before dark

she is out of the shower

dressed with her hair pulled back

 

i offer to make her a drink

“really?” is all she says

“i just thought…” i start then stop

 

“yeah, i notice you think a lot”

 

she finds where i scribbled on stationary

and reads aloud,

 

“epitaph of a fool

a president’s wet dream

sacrificed for the team

college, career, carpool”

 

“o.k. jim morrison.” she smirks

 

“shut up”

 

she takes my hand

leads the way

we pass several cafes

where we could have eaten

 

end up at a bar

where we order food and drink

then leaves me alone to think

as she logs onto the bar’s

public laptop

and starts reading my blog

 

after a while she takes a pause,

“an existential physicist?”

 

“it doesn’t exist” i tell her

“but then again neither do i”

 

she rolls her eyes

and goes back to reading

 

leaving me exposed and bleeding

 

finally finished she asks,

“when do you write these?”

 

“usually while it is happening”

 

“are you writing right now?”

she asks with a laugh

 

“yes, it’s all in my head

by the time i blog

they are memories”

 

“mmmm” she contemplates

then says,

“pay the tab

i will help you with the ending”

 

she takes me to the back alley

undoes my pants

turns

lifts her skirt

leans

placing her hands on brick

 

it’s been awhile since one of my blog entries

had a happy ending

 

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