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(too far away

too near)

I have some good news for you

delivered in a brown

envelope, a stranger

to the both of us

but first

do you wonder

how horses feel

in the rain

-

it’s coming by

delivered by parcel

delivered on waves of sand

-

and I’m wondering if you’re

wondering too.

(Too far away

Too near)

I recall nothing

in the sleep tank

dressed in suit

and tails

my face against the glass

frail and coming into two

too far away

too near

to see anything at all

in the dark.

I wonder if I’m enough

of a stranger to be loved

to be loved by your hands

to feel your skin

and taste your spit

in a tight embrace

past midnight

but before two

before the booze

gets to you

gets to me too.

(Too far away

Too near)

I’ve got some slow music

for the two of us

and the same lips

to wrap around your velvet kiss

and I try not to remember

the times I was

nothing at all

counting the lights

on the smoke detector

enough stimulants

it’s a field of stars

just blinking

in the darkness of your room.

Has it been long

enough for you to

speak Spanish to my jaw

to drop your dress

and wear nothing at all

isn’t that the dream to release

everything to you

to feel your body

move quiet and slow