You're the image ..

You're the image
in my water—

a walk on cotton

the secret kiss

I stare at -->
puffered-in-the-middle
he is explaining the sport of golf
with the voice of a broadcaster

the gulf?
I shrug


Delivered
in a text:

a wreath of starlobes
your picture of God

Layla by Derick and the Dominoes
piped through Bose speakers

and just like that

I am myself again
sniffing—
how lovely

I stare at his bald head
and think—
fucking fat mutant

another story about his day at the courthouse

rattlers
trees
salt
coils

Your hands felt like silky wings
and now
you have me crawling
on ice

upside down

bats born in dark towers

The vulture with his half liver
orders another scotch

television
glitter
fathoms -_
_

another day on earth

brown suit on the bed

just like in the movies

gold flecked bedspread
burn holes
vomit

what if we had never touched the bottom of the river