11.6.09

a poem for jenny for her birthday

dear you,

I dreamgazed the thought
of you off my skin

we sloped laugh-slap
back

slept toward around us

became made of eachother

You, feeding me sounds and pictures
I, stirring cookie batter toward your mouth

we grew hair and fought death
and broke the city
open with our wheels

look. here's love building clouds to reach your face
look. here's our mouths taffy-fastened
look. here's an anchor splash of sheets

it's what people who read newspaper
read about in newspapers

it's what people who read the internet
read about in the wind

it's what someone like me who doesn't know what to do with himself
reads in your hair while you sleep

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