It's not an accident.

It's not an accident that the female body has two self-cleaning organs.
By the time the next moon waxes
every trace of you will be gone from both.
You can track time by watching the stars, charting every change of degree.
Yes you can track the time by watching the stars or you can feel it as you rock with the ebb and flow of the sea.

Welcome in.

Have a seat here, just anywhere you'd like.
The silver has been polished,
the cast iron seasoned.
Everything has been prepared with care.


Never mind by whom.
Many have sat here before you.
Our hospitality knows no bounds.
And some things, good sir, are better with wear.

Goodnight

Some beds, like poems, are better left unshared.

Away

My eyes can handle the distance
and I enjoy the space in bed.
My legs can spread
my arms can sprawl,
But my nipples, man I'll tell you,
they miss you enough for us all.

The Geography Is Against Us

"But why?" she asked? And I'm not proud, but I lied right then and there.
The geography's against us dear, you are there and I am here.
It's not that I don't love you. It's not that I don't care.
It's just this damned geography is against us.
I chose here and you chose there.

Wrong Person

I don't mean to be rude, but I think you're trying to rob the wrong person.
I'm a white girl
who lives in the city
a white girl with short hair.
I put my name on the "not to be fucked with" list in 1984.

I'll take the

cat calls and
stomach cramps
all for 70 cents on the dollar

if it means I get to have something in common with a person as badass as you.

Growing

There are things hidden inside you I want to pull out
to use as a blanket.
Only I will know it is you
holding me in such heavy wet darkness.

It's not contagious.

No amount of kissing, swishing, rubbing, brushing, holding, folding, licking, loving, blinking, needing, bowing, vowing is going to make me contract your ivy league degree.

i'm sorry

it's not a question of loving you more
it's a problem of missing her less.

Footpaths

I've run so far east of Eden,
I just pray that the world is round.
And I wonder how can I be this lost,
if there is not a found.

On the Market

I don't want to move to the Mission.
I want to move to 2006.
Where can I find a realtor for that?

Touchdown

You signed your lease in Boston two days after I landed in Oakland.
Thanks for helping me avoid the conversation about what color to paint
her nursery.

Finders---

I walked back to Nevada
searched the shade of every Joshua tree.

Some things are lost, not misplaced and
you have to stop looking to start
building something new.

Sunflowers---

are still yellow in the dark.

Chivalry

With three stops to go
you offered me your seat.
It wasn't until I had already sat down that I realized
my mouth was now perfectly aligned with your cock.

Sincerely

I love you,
I hope you're well.
There are other things,
but these are the most important.