(red 3)

Always on the precipice
of something deep…

Last night,
you were hovering over me
        like a demand
        to be received,
                a static feed
                radioed into the n-degree,
                        but listened here,
                        listened me.

We’re always on the verge
of something deep…
        like a vine-ripe gem
        in the keep.
                a masterpiece,
                uncomprehending.
                        the wreckage of the Arecibo
                        dish; collapsed, but ever-sending.

Ohh-sham-jio.
Ohh-sham-jio
hauled away.
        Ohh-sham-jio.
        Ohh-sham-jio
        hauled way.

Always on the precipice
of something deeper…

Last night,
I was blubbering over you.
        Minnesota–
        the brutal winter
        weather-fend.
                whipping in the
                metabolic wind
                        as summers break,
                        as summers bend.

We’re always on the purge
of something deep
        to beat a headlong lunge
        at the gunge.
                 the herald of
                 a dead arrival.
                        a a tippy-toe annihilation
                        out over your skis
                        at the ballet recital.

Ohh-sham-jio.
Ohh-sham-jio
hauled way.
        Ohh-sham-jio.
        Ohh-sham-jio
        odd to say.

hack of all trades
master of numb
stuck with God’s damn in my thumb
poking rectangulum
poking the rectangulum

Always on the precipice
of something deep…

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