Sugar’s undone me
But if asked, with glee you’d smile
And tell of the deep
The toys that you stacked
The books that sustained young you
These bricks on your path
The gleam of the teeth
The taste, the smell of sky’s kiss
These truths on your skin
The steps to your calm
The mindful choice to bear pains
These questions matter
She’ll take you too far
Don’t entertain the mermaid
Breathing down your neck
Lest you find yourself
In the belly of the whale
That you’ve befriended
He’ll smile “Welcome home”
That mermaid will be there too
With tea and kelp cakes
Next comes surgery
To retro-fit you with gills
Now you’re one of them
You’ll live in the depths
Meet with the surf and shores, then
Teach sonar to schools
But you could also
Not entertain the mermaid
Breathing down your neck
Each image, ink for
Each chapter, lightning strikes for
One book, breath-stealing
(drip) Sticky sweet face.
(wipe) Let me get that for you.
(PTOOO!) Best of three?
Holding the knowledge
That hope will never fail me
Heart. Don’t Forget It.
Who dragged you to class?
Your plaid looks pained -why stay here?
You do take great notes.
Eyes emptied of sight.
Noses numb to life’s sweet scents.
Faculties failed, oh.
If this might be so,
I’ve a brush soaked verily
if you have desire.
Your fabulous voice
From your lungs, heart, throat, lips, eyes
Will you speak to me?
I won’t go. Wont go.
Never ever will I go.
Without that knowledge.
You authentic grounds!
Love where public/private merge
I won’t dwell elsewhere
You describe the scene
I will write it for Earth’s jewels
Love they will to learn
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