mimesis toned
makes water patently unsafe unsat
until the gilding wafer chills hosanna perks
if I were eternal and you were the gravy
as if (only) and and and
watch me mom watch me watch
the water rhymes hydroponically
the jet the fuel oil the integra parked
poolside promise me you'll never
and I'll elbow my way out of within
earshot while you safe your way
. . . these premises are draining
me of rain and matchstick piercings
lo mein goes my stash of pinking
shears loquacity brings on
cemented sugar and the implants
drown their place known purely
as a segue and a sugared shoulder
to refrain from while my darling
leaflet's spun to feast upon
the elderberry something all noon
vortex while a person points
a camera at the reddest rock
in human agitation pacting
with the prompts at home among
impromptu estrangements
where the body dims the mind
light in an elected sort of waywardness
complete with chisel and despair
sheila e. murphy
