Where’s my olive girl
Who takes off her mask for me
And knows mine’s for fun
Where’s my olive girl
Who takes off her mask for me
And knows mine’s for fun
Happy at mid-day
Glad in the heat of the night
Resolved in the morn’
Things I don’t indulge:
My love of toast. Fairy tales.
Today’s different.
There’s a carved-out pit
of bones and blood, filled with a
loving heart. So smart.
The taste is toxic
And each press of the button
Smells of denial
Redemption’s for me
So many slippery slopes
I’ve climbed willingly
I play games with eyes
I can’t apologize or say why
In Peek-A-Boo, I play into
Your green or blue or grey eyes
I challenge you to I Spy
Defiant, Captain, May I?
On cue, out come your Hi games
Your Sideways Hello-Bye games
The send-the-soul-mile-high games
The make them laugh, then cry games
I play, no matter -You’re a star
I’m a lover of all you are
And all these games aren’t really games
They’re ways to keep the time
‘Til you and I look eye to eye
Beneath the pale
And from on high
Promise hello
All we want
for the ones we love
is for the rock that knocks
them from their tree
to be Ordained
and fit perfectly
in their palm
as they climb their way back up.
May it be just so
for any and all
who hear our prayer.
Brilliance bounces off
The tips of my eyelashes
When I look at you
This morning I thought:
Can I write with a fever?
But really, I must.