November 27th, 2008 by Andrew

Lithe voices glide
like spir­its in mist
short words spo­ken close.
Closed mouths tight lips
give way to sen­tences, vines
out­stretched ten­drils grasp­ing
rich air for mean­ing, mois­ture.
The ecstasy is the infamy
of blas­phemy, to marry flesh
in inti­macy, cry­ing out for more
and less and more.

Tell her some­thing per­fect
he says to him­self, his lips stir — she cuts in

Every­thing will be wrong tomorrw.”

Then any­thing is right tonight.”

Los­ing count of drinks, cig­a­rettes
kisses, they blur, until
the edge of the world 
is the end of the night. 

 

 

I wrote this on my type­writer, Octo­ber 8, 2008.

I’m aware of some of it’s faults, but I wel­come fur­ther crit­i­cism. And I don’t like the title.