serendipity

a place called

serendipity

is where you will

find me

beyond the painted

scenery

and the dancing

of the sea

but don't order the

stromboli

because it's as big

as a fucking house!

bones

it's hard for me
to write about
bones
and skeletons

so early in the morning

the only skeleton
i sort of knew
was skeletor

and i often wondered
about his diet
and what happened
to his skin

and his hair situation

as for the other subject...

there was this one time
i was watching star trek

when i was much younger

and all of a sudden kirk
appeared
in the transporter room

looking disheveled and
slightly out of it

and all he said
in his big fat close-up

was
"bones!"

then he fell over
and everyone dogpiled him
with care

leaving me quite 
confused

were the bones
trying to jump out
of his body?

had he been attacked
by a ravenous pile of
drumstick pieces
that fell off of
some zombie chicken

or was he just hungry 
for marrow
that day?

it took me forever to figure out
he was calling for the wise
cute older man doctor
dude

who never was anything else
but a doctor, dammit

(space was weirdly specific
back then... )

(bones)

distracted

it's ok
i forgot you were at
the car dealer

(how can i do business
when she's tiptoe like
an ostrich)

we can wrap up
this business
in an instant

(watch out for
the endtable!)

i'll send them
an email

(make that limping
like an ostrich)

cc you
and bcc everyone

(oh God, not the lotion)

and let them know
we've done all
we can do

(when she slathers it on,
it sounds like two kindergartners
breaking in galoshes 
on the way to school
in the rain)

let stone and
betty know

(i can smell her 
conditioner 
from here)

and it'll
work itself out

(it smells like 
passion fruit flowers 
in the rainforest)

just sit tight
and fix your car

(which is ironic 
because she's never left
the midwest)

i know that can
be horrendous

(because of the
protective order)

thanks for listening
sorry if i'm a bit

distracted

yeah
vacation
but.... work goes on....

(does she have to floss
and yodel at the same time?)

all right
see ya soon

(bye)

i enjoy

i enjoy
knowing you

even though i don't

i enjoy
trying to please you

even though i don't succeed

i enjoy
the spontaneous laughter

even when the jokes on me

i enjoy
baring my soul

even when it's met by silence

i enjoy you
teaching me

about all my shortcomings
and all my thoughtlessness 

it makes me admire you
all the more

for putting up
with the lack of me

in your perfection
of life

(be)

being human

you hug me
like a child

squeezing the life
out of me
and into me again

squealing endearments
higher than the human ear
can decipher

and yet
i understand your
excitement
and am glad for
the lack of control
you display

because with
each way you
find to express
your love

you release
the joy in me

and the
feelings
i've tried not to
show for years

come
tumbling out
in the company
of a trusted
companion

one who knows
how hard
being human
can be

and one
who'll know
how to help me
find my way home

(good)

steps of love

i just read
in the book of them

that us does not 
equal us

i was sure
in my heart of hearts

that i could make
our impossibility
work

but all i'm doing
is stomping on
my soul

with every step
i take your way

(squish)

nine word story: one whisper

with one whisper
he calmed
all the storms
inside