Michelle
E. Fleischman
I would do well
to heed the trilling warnings
of my dreams. Horns going up and off,
red flags of bliss and terror,
a cacophonous conniption...
stop
Let me wake up in the morning
with a naked version of you yet in my head:
we’ve got so much to work through
we can’t even touch
the air around each other for all our
loves lost, living costs,
and the general grief...
it’s all silent in the end!
You face is perfect and
friendly terrain,
and i long for you,
is what i’m saying.