Tuesday, June 24, 2014

tides in need of a shore


i stack all her wolfsheim records on her turntable

we are waiting for the cable guy to come

and hook up her t.v.

while she looks through my laptop at which car

she wants us to buy

 

smoking on the balcony

i wonder if peter heppner’s voice

would have ever been so soulful

if he had known the joy of knowing jenny

 

she’s increasing my vocabulary

and moving me in the direction

of writing another novel

 

i told her i need a new day at the beach

with her hand in mine

to take my writing in a new direction

 

“after the cable guy we’ll call a cab

and stay for as long as you need”

 

in all my midnight wanderings

i never considered how dependant

i have been on others to make

things in my life happen

 

(the taco vendor

the bartender

the liquor clerk

the bus driver

i wasn’t the solitary figure

i imagined myself to be

independent of everything)

 

even though i knew i was dependant

on a woman to bring happiness

into my life

 

ah, the cable guy is here

 

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