Engraved, not buried

Suddenly reminded of you a lot

And suddenly, I catch myself thinking

It's buried too deep now.

Suddenly I can't stop feeling it

But I'm not feeling it as much

It's buried too deep now.

And suddenly I catch my face contorting

My eyes leaking

My veins visible

Suddenly I'm not such a grown up anymore.

Suddenly I'm back in college.

She will, won't she?

She would try to stop you

from touching her face

She would threaten

to leave just once

and then she would, in grace

She would let you say things

but doubt if you mean it

And if you did

she always hid

that she'd really seen it

She always knew, more than you

how much you thought of you two

She knew her limits,

she knew your powers,

and knew of the future too. 

And then she took on a plane and left

and promised to come with an answer

and you waited

breath abated

on jumpy toes of a dancer. 

Animals at it

British, bow-tied
birds do it,
bees do it.
Even educated
fleas do it.

Soft and suave
snakes do it,
shrimps do it.
Proper party-going
chimps do it.

Center-parted
cats do it,
crocs do it.
Rich, reputable
frogs do it.

Gloriously gentle
swans do it,
hen do it.
And then the shrieking, cursing
men do it.

Love at first night

Who have I got
to sit and talk shit?
None worth a shot
but I'll find my fit.

What have I got
to make me smug so?
Eyes and food and thought
and work to lug for.

When have I got
what I wanted square and straight?
Never but even for naught
it'll have been a good debate.

Where have I got
my ace hidden away?
Same as my golden pot,
I call it Near Future, pray.

Why have I got
my scars framed on the wall?
It's a map of my mind,
my kingdom of rise and fall.

Stop with the questions already
Let's just get climbing and scratching.
I'll be heady, you keep me steady
and let's get grinding and hatching.