There are dreams I could conjure in these lines—
walk on Mars
kiss a willing stranger
wear a diamond
drive a Maserati
cut a throat—
but blood dictates another course:
And so I will not kiss you Princess
nor bind and flay your lovely hide
nor vanish with you for this weekend
of debauchery and gain ten pounds.
I’ll watch TV and write this poem
vacuum the living room
pile saltines with cheese
and have a slow late afternoon
scotch and conversation at home.
One sultry evening we were
standing ankle deep at river’s edge,
one thin layer of cotton wafting
on your skin beside me:
my hesitation
formed thunderheads
drenched my skin
drove me to shelter.
But one afternoon
bundled in layers
against the winter
I took your arm:
you smiled
snuggled against me
as we walked
somewhere together.
The new theme is called “Inanis Glass”. You can change the background by clicking on the little bubble at the left end of the bottom of the page, and selecting the background from the list. The last time I tried this type of thing, several features of wordcurrents stopped working. I hope for better luck this time.
Note December 28: I had a problem, but Inanis, the theme designer helped me figure out that the problem was actually in the WordPress software, not in the theme.
Note December 24, 2018 For some years, the theme has been Twenty-Ten, a stock WordPress theme.
