Lie On Me Like A Blanket

Come back to bed,

Lie on me like a blanket.

A blanket with clumsy knees

And sharp elbows.

Rest your coffee breath

On my ear,

Your warm thigh

On my belly,

Your awake hands

In my hair.

Lie on me,

Like a blanket,

Let me feel

Your weight,

Warm and awake and alive,

While I sleep.

Parkstreet

Ko-fi

Unsure

Unsure

If he is in love,

Or in the tropics,

The sound of mosquitoes

Spawning in his bedside

Water glass

Wakes him from dreams

Of her.

Parkstreet

And Mexico

And Mexico

Can be anywhere,

And instead of being rich

And pretending we are poor,

We can be poor,

And pretend we are rich, 

And pretending to be poor,

And Mexico

Can be anywhere.

Parkstreet

Green Beans, Unrequited

You remember a time when you were a kid, your mother was a little flustered cooking dinner, she boiled the green beans a little too long, then forgot to drain them, then let them go a little cold, so they were mushy and a little bitter and squeaked between your teeth when you ate them, but your father was giving you that look so you just had to chew them up, squashed in with some mashed potato, then many years later you told a girl that you loved her and she returned a sympathetic smile, then she asked you what you were thinking about and you replied, "green beans", and she thought you were being a little bitter and having a joke at her expense, but the sensation in your mouth was exactly the same and there was no way to explain and you never saw her again and you had to chew it up, eased down with some liquor, because your father's eyes taught you that's what you do.

Parkstreet

Ko-fi