take up each pink pill as it comes :
the pink of a mouth on mine
that finds the near red
of nether neverland ; the crown of my
clitoral frown as the ceiling finds me
awash in anamnesis .
we tried to dampen my memory
with a hot mouth — hand held wrist —
but it had been twisted behind my back once more .
six eyes pricked in the lily stamens
of your shamefaced bouquet
whose perfect virgin white
falsely flattered each flayed limb of us .
we flounder in the light of yet more cigarettes ,
the orange glow of the city
that sings me to sleep :
try to swallow it down each day —
try to dream away your wandering eye ,
your cardinal betrayal , your hands that touched
trailed an alien's hip : three blue pills and the ceiling
dream it all away , away if only for a night .(07/05/2018)
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Have you seen the Lost Boys?
Poetryharking back to an earlier poem of mine: poor wendy -- all the heroines get left behind. but she was a darling after all. yes, i very much have tears in my eyes. and it shall be hard to see, and sometimes i won't want to, but i will go on looking an...