—RELAX, YOU LOOK PRETTY

 

 

Waiting for the Light

  

The power’s out again 

so maybe you should kiss me 

it’s been a while and what else 

is there to do but rub the pooch’s belly? 

Remember in Cancun when we 

couldn’t wait for sundown to show 

so you took me behind some trees 

and we had clumsy sand sex 

while tourists walked by gawking? 

Or the time you said Let’s pretend our 

tongues are taffy and have a suck-a-thon? 

God you were so funny

How long the power will stay out is anyone’s guess

I asked and asked again but not even 

the moon knows why these things happen

Speaking of Luna remember the eclipse 

us with our goofy robot glasses

how they were the wrong ones 

and we nearly burnt our corneas out 

and so after brushing your teeth that night 

you stiffened your arms and walked 

bumping into the hall like a drunk zombie?

God you really were funny

I think you still are

Come on it’s nothing but dark out 

so just go ahead and kiss me

it’s been a while and next month’s 

our anniversary thirty years did you remember?

Tomorrow at 1:07 am it’s ten years

since the last time we kissed or I kissed you 

in that horrible bed with those horrible machines 

and that horrible brightness gleaming everywhere

But it’s dark here now Honey

and I miss you so let’s just close our eyes 

and kiss until we’re tired 

or dawn shows up 

or the lights come back on 

whichever happens first