gigondas

I remember seeing the planes flying after midnight on January 1, 2000 and being ecstatic

Do you remember:

lovers shared,
hot tubs and old men,
bourbon, vodka, gin?

And then,

then,

an ending...

things drifted into discontent as
sour kisses replaced honeyed lips.
Now, I'm left to wonder why I ever loved you.

-6am,
cold and foggy and comfortable because
we had each other's arms.
We took pictures and
[[[I frame]]]d one.

Florida with Monica
a king-sized bed and a few
laps we took around the pool
naked;

maybe
the first time we met
we were flirting
and we almost died together


and that
was the beginning
and probably should have been the end

"And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die

-pause-

And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

-You're re-married and have
a kid and another
maybe
on the way
and we lost one

we chose no to us
and the child
neither one of us
really wanted to have
with the other

silently

I knew-
did you?
-we reflected each other in some honest way

and sometimes honesty
is anything but flattering.