I perceived you in a day dream
between the persistent groping
for a moment made magical
by the sorcery of midnight
in that patchy corner
where shadows accumulate
the living Trod upon spirit
substance trod upon dreams
you glow with a raw sublimity
cocooned in the warmth of
your rum-scented breath
I’d put on my red nail paint
scratch deeper where we began
couple my prose with your poetry
disentangle a curl of purple thread
you can sew the cracks of a lifetime
smooth out the mud speckled glasses
watch my eyes crinkle with love
a dialect more eloquent than words
then reach that sensual place --
