Saturday, November 13, 2010

run, the shadow of my youth

How can I escape
the gauzy redundancies
of your white underclothes
bunched up to your thigh

perforations as doors
moth wings as couriers
luxuriantly furred

How can I escape
the triple chess game
the sweat on your brow
rolling to the crease of your lip

4 comments:

  1. are all of your thoughts like this?
    this is one of the most beautiful things
    on par with fall leaves and grey clouds
    I want to ride bikes forever with —
    this poem resounding in my head

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  2. come to santa cruz, there are beautiful places to bike here, along cliffs with waves crashing up to you, and down from campus where you can see the whole bay open up, it feels like flying!

    im afraid too many of my thoughts are like this

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  3. I will come for spring break perhaps. Maybe Suzie will come too.

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