Crapshoot

Marriage is on the tableReady to risk a rollComeA lot of actionAll sevensYou’re in heavenPerfect harmonyFeeling lucky as elevensOr don’t … More

I Would Die for You

My love for you is a little likeA red, red rose — and moreIt’s a tornado in my brainEverything whirling … More

You know I’m horrible at small-talkThis is what it’s like when it’s my turnHow I want to say something to … More

We knew each other well a long time agoI hated every moment apartWe were perfect for meBrilliant schemes of flesh … More

Now we will riseWith no storm suppressionNo night hanging dark heavinessNothing to distort or fadeThat image of usSet long years … More

Between skinny dipping and vanaThere is a fine timeUntil one thin spineBreaks off in my heelThe blood streaked trailBack to … More

Not that I think you are terrible for itKeeping secrets and telling fibsIs nowhere near the ballpark of evil I’m … More

May we – you surely – dance eternallyAnkle and back injuries aside now certainlyRecall our lopsided disco twosomeInevitable one-sided show … More

If one step forwardWere one step back insteadIn space and timeOne day we would be young againAnd we would meet … More

Arms open wideWrap me up tightFor a bright springAnd melt into mellow summer Where love’s the dream aliveFor me like lifeWarm hours … More

To fall in love with the first manIn your young life, you meetProtected from the world, you wereAbandoned on a … More

The wind moans all night through, groans soLove made for hours with surrounding treesSwaying together far past the point of … More

I wait a long timeBut it’s only quietFor a last wordA stone carvingKneeling silenceRust in the rainNo heart creaks joyThe … More

The slow spreadingThis body built by usPaunchy some and doughyRounds of beer and wineAnd sugar roses of no uglinessFrench food … More

Miss Lucy Pineda died two weeks ago. She was always Miss Lucy. Yesterday, there was a big neighborhood barbecue at … More

It all changes slowly, the way we’re perceivedAs we do become more than we first meant I hear now before I … More

The kind of laughterWe laughedWhen we were 21Drunk at 2:00 a.m.The loud kindOf who cares at that ageConfident and easyBouncing … More

Each would fill eachTo brimming can as mayBut the momentComes, soon lost fingersThat slide betweenIndex and thumbA brief wax scentBreathless … More

You spot her on the busAnd from this chance sightingYou imagine the torment begins Initially, the symptoms are mildDo not … More

These words came to me in an odd way. I have been to Baltimore, to attend a conference on disability … More