Friday, June 30, 2023

mmmmii

colours (lxxi)

but i never want this to
end. do you? surely
not. i mean. it doesn’t have
to, does it? the passage
of time changes things, of course,

blends past with present to help us build
our best future. but would that it’d never end.
xoxo, me, the past, the present and a (del is short for) delightful future.

no sushi today (or tomorrow)

mmmmi

colours (lxx)

grass in my pants is pretty
rad, handy for a bout with
anxiety or a
sexual roll in the
splendiferously
lush uncowed
acre of pasture that is
neatly hidden behind the
dairy barn. sometimes we roll in it and then we roll some more.

twisted in the grass

mmmm

colours (lxix)

look at us! what
a pair! the,
victory of who we are in most
every way, both individually & as a pair.
nothing can begin to compare. i mean, sure, the
distance can be tough at times, but the lack of physical proximity has, I think,
elevated the reality and synchronicity of & between us & has clarified the
relation of each to the other; enhanced certainty, commitment & libido.

lavender

mmmcmxcix

colours (lxviii)

caught in a rut, domestically, both of us, wouldn’t you
agree. i know that i certainly do not like my living situation here in this
sro. the hotbox in the hood, as i call it. these are
tough times, too. i know it has been a
long time coming, but just you wait.
eventually. no, soon! we’ll reside in a place we both happily call home.

our very own castle

mmmcmxcviii

colours (lxvii)

so, it seems somewhat
unbelievable that they
now come in ranch
flavor. sometimes i’d have them for
lunch when i was in high school. with sprite.
one summer when i was about that age, three sunflower plants
wound their way out of our backyard garden soil, and quickly rose from the
earth toward the sun they each mimicked with gigantic blooms. i
remember how i severed each bloom, carved all the seeds from their pretty 
    faces and tried to dry them and eat them like the ones i’d regularly 
    chomp and spit. i should have left well enough alone.  those big yellow 
    blooms swaying in the september breeze were a sight to behold. but 
    those home-dried seeds were absolutely inedible.

sunflowers in helsinki

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

mmmcmxcvii

colours (lxvi)

gold,
or a
lucrative currency,
dollars, are needed
for just about anything.
income was something i took for granted until a
stranger i loved for many years conned me into
hurling everything i knew into an oblivion. and yet, i
endure, like the insane capacity for love seems so
determined to do. the heart grows wise to cons. . . .but
   what complexity that newfound wisdom must but
   somehow navigate when, having lost so much—the
   time, most especially, given to such an elaborate hoax,
   but also there is the luxury of stability, in income and 
   mental focus—would that wisdom rather honed such
   things, cured anxiety, could offer back even a small 
   portion of what had been lost to all the marauders, to all
   of the masqueraders and their ilk.  and perhaps it does,
   after all, but i am yet impatient...but still, to find some
   one that restores in you, in me, this faith, is not a curse,
   no matter how magnificent the failures one has endured.
   but how easy life seemed when i was blinded by deceit.
   to wake up from such a nightmare and look love in the
   (virtual) eye and say to get from here to there, to get
   from me to us
. and what of the memories of being
   fooled, of being the fool? foolishness is also too easy. 
   how repulsive the bliss of ignorance. and how cruelly
   incongruous this new alternative, this reality, which
   i choose and do prefer with all of my exhausted heart!

bdank kills cities

Saturday, June 24, 2023

mmmcmxcvi

colours (lxv)

as if the asses of antiquity weren’t enough,
now, thanks to the luck of the draw, we get
to ruminate on the desiccated blooms of june.
i say june because, well, remember birthstones? without
question you can recall your astrological sign, right? you’re an
upstanding aquarius and i’m, at the very least, a pair of
eternally taunted and (misunderstood) teased gemini. the

rose happens to be my birth flower. a red
one. (what’s the flower of your birth,
sir?) yep. a red rose. and not one, i should think, that’s quite that
elderly. or crushed forever away into a “beloved” book. i’m not extinct yet.

an old rose

mmmcmxcv

colours (lxiv)

but this ought to quell our worries and
aches this morning (kindly hear me out with an open mind...):
bubble
butts. i know you seem to
love one in particular, or so you call it. although,
i’m wondering what one becomes when it retires. (cheeky, eh?)
not that this one is (these ones are?) that old. but don’t you reckon that
grandpa

bubbles deflate or burst at some point? don’t
read too much into this
old man’s apocalyptic mind. it’s already
overworked and underpaid, as they say. i
know, i know, these are dark thoughts. but i just wonder.

babbling brook of bubbly buns

Friday, June 23, 2023

mmmcmxciv

colours (lxiii)

what is it going to take? i am
a well-oiled, seasoned professional of 30 years.
this is my career and i am good at it.
employment is my ONE GOAL. it’s the first
rung of the ladder. i have numerous additional goals, sure. but
first and foremost, i must get a job. that is the only thing
about which i must go about: this excruciating evaluation process.
love is why i do it. i do it to be with my man, who lives far away.
life is why i do it. no life or love, from all i know, is possible without a job.
    (this is what i know i can do. i am great at it. i have a resume that
    shows clearly that i have what it takes. and yet, for what i assume
    is any number of reasons, i have no offers. tons of interviews.
    no offers. i must, and post haste, determine how to fix this, and
    have been working to do this day after day, month after month. i am
    so ready to be employed, exhaustingly so. what do these interviewers
    want? i’m a lousy interviewer. yet, historically, an excellent employee.
    i keep trudging along and working as quickly as possible to find a way
    to see myself over this hurdle. it is the bane of my existence that it
    has not become settled. how much more patient must i be? what more
    must i do? what are they not seeing that they want to see? and who
    out there is swift enough to understand that this job, this interviewing,
    is not the job. it is an inappropriate scam of a hurdle and not where
    my expertise lies. apparently, far from it.     [help!])

my office

mmmcmxciii

colours (lxii)

the skin of your tummy
is divine, when on your back it’s flat as a table,
seems delicate with a hint of
scrappy (an indelicate word for skin?). please
understand my obsession
, said the
elder companion with a belly as taut and stout as a skyscraper’s pillow.

love pillow

mmmcmxcii

colours (lxi)

say,
have you heard the one
about the
dork who lived
only for the future?
which is, as always, death. what a waste!

shadow

mmmcmxci

colours (lx)

never,
ever (my mother, too, would direct this at me often)
pull a stunt like
that again! do you
understand me, (i am no longer a) young man?
now is when i whimper
expectantly.                 fake tears dry the fastest.

Thursday, June 22, 2023

mmmcmxc

colours (lix)

do
as i say,
not as i
do? is no way i
ever
lived
is it?
of double standards in relationships, i say
never.

dandelion chocolate

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

mmmcmlxxxix

colours (lviii)

m
und
d (at least it’s clear to me)

To: Someone Special

mmmcmlxxxviii

colours (lvii)

 panting noiselessly,
 a cat
(note:
 this is the cat of all cats) leaps an arc into the dusk the
 height of which is jaw-dropping; it’s a seemingly
 endless jump, a charcoal streak that disappears
 right into the horizon. it’s no doubt that cat is late for a date with the missus.

a panther is late for a date.

mmmcmlxxxvii

colours (lvi)

love grips your entirety, has you standing at
attention, figuratively, literally, and sure, can
possibly cloud even the most logical judgment.

so
what?!
i’ll take that affliction a
million times over any other that might smite my soul.

i want to go swimming and have lots of fun and i hope.

mmmcmlxxxvi

colours (lv)

relaying the color to you beforehand because of
a simple fact – you live closer to the rain forests, probably know more.
i know nothing; i know
nothing, which has become my mantra

for today. you’re excited for the memes about
our big story of today, which i decide (even) the (liberal) media is
ridiculously turning into such sensationalism, is not well-
educated, or pointing out the right things, is definitely not a
subject regarding which we should (disproportionally, w/re “news”) all be on
the edge of our seats. you’re giddy over the lousy excesses of the rich, and i
side with you, but upon learning more, relay my alt-perspective, not to
     change your mind, but simply hoping to feel you see it, at least
     momentarily, through my eyes, just for that different perspective,
     to get a sense of mind-opening and empathetic capabilities, qualities
     i must admit you’re normally way better than me at exhibiting. so far,
     not there. but time, i always hope, might see it happen. will likely do so.

not a rain forest

mmmcmlxxxv

colours (liv)

picking up the “phone” i say, hunny,
i’m awake, are you?
with your eyes, you say
close those holes in your
nice little head.
but i say
i don’t
care to sleep.
we are

being so quiet for
a while. and a little while longer. is this
sustainable? i don’t
know
, you say into my
ears.  reading my mind.  as always, you are
the template of perfection. and i sleep.

the next colour

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

mmmcmlxxxiv

colours (liii)

batshit crazy,
legs dangling from the spindly tree that juts out and
up from the sheer edge just below the top of the cliff. a
fifth grader on a cub scout camping trip. “if i fall will i
fly?” no. snow began to fall, but i clung to the limbs and
     lingered, imagining what lay beyond the horizon, crafting
     who i’d perhaps be when i got there. and i did not fall.

mom at danger bluff

Sunday, June 11, 2023

mmmcmlxxxiii

colours (lii)

bonest isn’t boniest
or honest like
us. are we simply a couple of
grab that
ass while we can guys?
i think
not!
verily,
i say unto thee (both you and me):
love with all you’ve got!  love
like there’s no tomorrow! like the
endless oceans and infinite galaxy!
always, always (you and me).

boxy bougainvillea

mmmcmlxxxii

colours (li)

jeopardizing a future;
altering humanity vs. alerting humanity;
del persists in his lovestruck
endeavours. . .

jade

Friday, June 09, 2023

mmmcmlxxxi

colours (l)

peru seems
almost forever away.
ridiculously so. and how
could this be? if
home is where the heart is, where is
my head? still here on
earth. i just checked with my dry tongue. which is
never not thirsty. you’re my only hope. save
this desiccated beast. what say you we meet in the middle? but hurry!

parchment plea

Thursday, June 08, 2023

mmmcmlxxx

colours (xlix)

choking on a
long stalk of
okra that
wasn’t cooked
nearly long enough. i’m a

numismatist with
osteoporosis.
stop being such a silly
egg and come to bed.

nearly choked to death

mmmcmlxxix

colours (xlviii)

slowly,
perhaps,
i wind down this acronymic, off-kilter, smitten
colour cacophony.
everyone gets bitten by the love bug at some point.

make mine (a goodly amount more than)
a double (please). on this day, my birthday, i’m
restless, unmotivated, exhausted; seemingly just plain old.
knowing now that i am approaching
elderly, how much love can be left? how many years? it
turns out a lot? how much is too much? i look the other way.

some candy

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

mmmcmlxxviii

colours (xlvii)

sights set determinedly, with unwavering focus, on
the goal. sticking to my guns, this is what i do.
every move, every action,
every tick that goes into each box on my seemingly endless
list. it’s all for this.

steely resolve

mmmcmlxxvii

colours (xlvi)

oh, sure, we have our days that are
bleak, when our physical
separation seems
interminable, when there are such huge-
dollar obstacles and bureaucracy that seem to always get
in the way of our future lives sitting in
a singular room together, days when
no amount of optimism can disguise this potential tragedy...

potential tragedy

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

mmmcmlxxvi

colours (xlv)

so
about
his
appearance, is he hot? spill it! he’s
resplendent. hell yeah, he’s hot.
absolutely. beyond words.

bird's hot heart

mmmcmlxxv

colours (xliv)

boredom? i often
leave you bored?
understandable. general
ennui is the atmosphere of me.

riveting has never been my kick. aw. just kidding.
i had you, for just a second admit it. you know my tendencies,
boyfriend: poke, prod, instigate, divert and switch personalities randomly. oh,
boyfriend, my boyfriend, thank you for being so
outrageously keen on my gemini aura of higgledy-piggledy.
now to decipher what your superpower is. i have some ideas.

ribbon of the entire world

Friday, June 02, 2023

mmmcmlxxiv

colours (xliii)

globe filled with water,
really an earth balloon
about to be thrown from this
planet’s surface into
earth’s ether (more
formally, its atmosphere) by a man with
really, really long arms & super-fantastical hopes.
undoubtedly this man’s imaginative arms’ aim (bull’s-eye!)
is quite good: water-globe disappears into space, shot from one hemisphere,
to land in another. drenched, you reverse time, ride balloon back, find me.

earth balloon

Thursday, June 01, 2023

mmmcmlxxiii

colours (xlii)

 how often have we
 arguments by which we’ve
 been laid bare, distraught, or even
 a little bit distracted? casi nunca. 
¡ñaca ñaca ñaca!

 every day with you is like a
 rodeo, cowboy. okay, now is when we throw
 ourselves onto the bed laughing.

spices