bizarre

i had a dream my boyfriend was a dark-haired boy named daniel who had a pet meerkat and performed illegal cosmetic surgery on red-headed twins.

saying goodbye

the house swells
with new orleans
humidity
and old passion
as i pack each box carefully,
and place them
outside.

ode to the swinger

you are more complicated than a thousand piece puzzle, more perplexing than vegan cheese, and, strangely, more intriguing than a 3AM infomercial...

tell me more about your adventures while i curl my body up beside you. (you just like to be held, you said. i haven't had a night like this in years.)

enjoy baton rouge, playboy, and call me sometime.

always making plans

will move north, have a son named Lake and a daughter named Dolores. and i'll make a cake for when you come over.

southern

the saddest girl
to ever hold a
mint julep.

stamp my passport

yearning, ache, ambition, appetite, aspiration, craving, craze, eagerness, fancy, fascination, hankering, hunger, longing, need, passion, thirst, urge, want

his body

A glass of wine

with you

over cheese and

pommes frites at

a place filled

with “such an uptown crowd”

as you put it

was like a

flirting manual out of

some awful women’s magazine

dripping with subscription cards.

She:

Open, towards him

Head tilted

Legs crossed

Leaning in, laughing, touching,

Brushing his knee

He:

Leans back,

Open, strong

Looking right at her

Watching her hand

As it brushes his

Knee

We walked outside to your bicycle

and you hugged me so tight

I kissed your rough cheek and said

‘I’ll call you’

You pulled me close again

And said.... “promise?”

And when you touch me my whole body tingles with anticipation

But I watch as you head back downtown instead of to my bed.....

I like you too much to sleep with you.