ljubiti

winterweary and weatherworthy         (i) walk down the foam,              where the blue-stemmed roses           stand STRONG (like mothers)                 wake even when the traffic lights are tired                                        blinking flashing pink and who really could care less.     by my stars,,,.....              she coos             and swats her face with a myalgia hand          in the paperback       i was young          and ashy-haired boys always got cradled and           hummng always         little voice radios and luv                care bear kisses. it's for you. hello hello hello

child have sword.       aRm-length icewhittled             a mommy shapEd blade?          have you a heart               Son             take heed-           never to find proTein (meaning                  realstuffoflife)               in too-shiny moceries.        say instead "hold hold"          and to nipple mouth         like a fish in a bathtub             and pullllsed puRsed like a whistle                                 (A ten-times-as-round straw bIt)  -                  Never to go without,                  never to be jusT one.

like a bad version of an eleven-thirty            cartoon goon,         a hallway pacer twistTurn             come back again         knocking on doors to remind your hand                        (MOVEMENT!!)        niiice like preschool naptime reward permanence,                         you juice-punched, red-lipped,                          potty jokes        makes me laugh.        AT you.