to bed

i had a therapist once
who told me
"so many of life's problems
could be solved
if we would just
go to bed."
how correct she was..

sweet dusk

take your pennies from the bank
down to Missy's Hanky Pank

grab a girl and twist her skirt
taste her like a sweet dessert
marachino's piled high,
any taffeta lullaby:

babe how do you stay alive
when all you do is shuck and jive
only the ocean could have more
fluidity, I know your score

 she says closely, lips to ear-
go whisk her off for cold root beer.