For Amanda

Created: January 15th, 2006 Dedication: Amanda "Courson"

Your naughty fingers
     Have a curious path
          Perturbed by my gravity

 

 

At length,
Through,
Within,
     Jade is no folly

 

Do you recall the busy bees
     Just beyond our table
          As we ate quietly
               In Paris?

 

We had tapeworms
     That devoured our stomachs
But we never learned
     To control them

 

Dark eyes stare at me
     From beyond the red hood
          -Stealing moments
          -Breaking hearts
I never learned
     To control them

 

There is no milk on your eyes
There are no wolves here

 

Dearest temptress,
     Desert shaman
     Woman of the cactus
Run to the wild,
     Open the cages