you can throw a piece

Golden goblets

the cupboards

held possessions

hung with care 

there.

This is the coolest thing

―no, indescribable

there are no words

so don’t say it.

When melancholia hit

there was nothing to do

but sit 

on the edge and cry.

What am I saying

you could throw yourself

off the side

and you did

you almost died.

We spent the night

nursing you

horrified.

I don’t speak of it much,

do you?

In the morning, 

rode on the back of a motorcycle

to lay in the sun

on a “pay by towel” basis.

Had my picture taken

thank god for glasses

my eyes were shaken.

Threw your hat

into the wake

said goodbye

Lord

Lord

Take this man

Try

And then alone

just beast and being

was it You who sent

such a prehistoric go-between?

to shake him 

from his reverie―

Keep in mind,

guilt and fear

flow from love.

Waters

dark and deep

you can throw a piece

but sink the whole ship

if peace is what you seek.

The day my bracelet

snapped off on the stern

I knew something like this 

would happen.