Roll [once more] into sleep’s spindles
& those coils of dreams – of rapid eye
movement – of phases of oat moon in
your turned back eyes – roll with every
fade-in & out of your dreamt phantom …/
Last Night I Dreamt
RULE ONE – Do not write poems
about your night’s dreams – but
who cannot when slept delights
fix so many things [without glue]
…/
Nothing Changes
My mother insisted No one’s happy –
everyone is miserable [back in 1982]
when life unnerved us teenage boys
[fearing obligations] …/
A Trade
I do not want to know – NO – if
you fall in love – headlong / NO …/
La Belle Saison
I centred my bottle of opened bière
on Leonard’s forehead as I revisited
my circulated Lazy Susan of history –
If we had fucked in Paris in ’68 – if our
false histories were purchased items –
…/
Sussex Sex Slaves
Her’s was a parvenus route without
valid qualifications – apart from her
betrothal to a provincial manager &
his executive home – such stiffened
allures are a kind of love …/
Off-peak
She always expected holidays
from home [as if a pre-booked
excursion would hoist weights
she wore since prior escapes] …/
A Haunting
& to pivot my neck
& to kiss again lips
unbuttoned an inch
& visited just once
…/
L’Amant Double
‘Fragile’ is equal to ‘fragile’
Alexandra was too honest
as women fabricated their
bare lies – Lying to seduce
…/
You ajudge men
You ajudge men by the state of their teeth –
their yellowed smiles scratch at your nerves –
but you’ll greedily bear money’s bad breath
…/