Well
kind of, sort of
thank God
a lea
alongside the water
and the white heads of Vologda
kind of like
there there they are
you
white heads of Vologda
head
in the water
head
in the sky
foot in shit
Well
kind of, sort of
thank God
a lea
alongside the water
and the white heads of Vologda
kind of like
there there they are
you
white heads of Vologda
head
in the water
head
in the sky
foot in shit
b: i squeeze all the sunspots
between the shadowfingers
of ravensweed thinking of you
m: of stalks, i trust their fringes
a binge of cornhol for this pit
stomaching away from you sweet
the 'chine i ride, nearing the grapehol
unto slopes and squirrels.
and there is a vine,
and is there an experimental fruit hiding with us
b: how do you map the trail?
do you follow footpaths or the smell of entrails?
m: we stepped over tooths
some hush and tear'd,
maps over eyes and cans on ears
b: what do you do when the hunter
harkens near with his red rattle?
I'm rustling with fear, my follicles thrust
helpless up like antennae entreating beetle
m: our embrace was a hiding place,
the stone in the grape made us opaque.
the hunter interloping let us be translucent
b: our kiss sent us shimmering wet
in the mushroom gills with the thrill of the guillotine,
while some ravens made slits in the silence, we wouldn't slip
m: a slip, a hose hiccuping gasoline
like the spirit of a horse dead in the creek, livening
b: neighing, "skip this page, choose an adventure
that doesn't lurch you in the grippe ditch"
m: another repair- cylinders, steam,
and tar on the thoroughfare--
the grip of wishful thoughts
tear us and dump us in ashy sunspots
b: in granite, we run our bare feet
on ragged, waiting for our wishes
to be squeezed out on the steel
m: I recall getting held in the palm of a ditch,
a threatening flashlight brought to whimper
by my own sleepy drunk,
as here we cradle in this stranger's box
b: where is threat? it trickles out of a hose
like a gardener snake in weak light.
where is regret? at the feet of the interloper,
the inferior sea crowned by three in a bathtub, hahaha