I am soft and full of holes,
Preserved by smiles
That host soirees in my belly,
Every once in a while.
Forest fires snuffed out
By the swampy stretch of shallow summers;
By the mountainous intimacy,
And the cold blood pumper.
I am the overzealous draught
Puffing up the wrong trail,
Where Circe’s shrubs grow dull
And Rosemary’s spell tickles your snout.
Their nymph dance clouds the air
And you stare, as the same shade of ash
Stains the ocean and sky.
I smile at your glassy eyed eagle eye –
You are at sea with my oddly set genes.
My two-minute love, I am
The train of thought you couldn’t follow,
The prospect turned to vapour,
Floating up to be a cloud
And raining down to wet your dreams.
Don’t expect me to bloom
Just because it is spring.
You amaze at the flowery insights
Budding off my frivolous tongue,
At the bleeding emotion
Ejaculating from my ripe fat fruits.
There is a pureness and ease
To this elephant happiness.
But the sickness, you see,
Has been breeding for months
And the worms inside are waiting
To rush down your throat and smother you.
As you press your feverish mouth to mine,
It is your weakness that will rot you.
I lie before you, truthful and bare.
Trust me darling, all I really am
Is a few padded memories of childhood,
Waiting like dew to dry up in the sun.
I have soaked up more than any barnacle could bear
So just give me a squeeze, and I’m done.
Photograph of view from Punta di Circe, San Felice al Circeo, Italy
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