Crux

On my back 
All my ancestry
Documented polarized shrouded
Carried for further honor
Without the promise
Upon death
to become an ancestor
Faith for what I ask as I chew the ropes
You are nothing but floating dirt
Breathable ash
I'd rather remember my dead cat
than be framed by all your suffering
And I fold like a pink slip 
dirty with the shame
At my age
How silly to be rebelling
It's true I would fight to save you
But it's late and I'm  already dying
I'll just kiss the envelope and set it ablaze 
as it floats away

Morning to night

Tear thru me with  ice
 I bleed out
but if you stayed too see 
I only  never die

It is frightening to be 
the last one left alive
 in a bright room
 only you 
before
there were 

I can see standing 
waking I am
Blind
crippled by the light

Bathroom havoc
Graces never granted
I will scream in your face if you bring her here
Did you think

 put on a skirt dear
 Stuck in this frame
 Dying this way?
I am not asking 

 witness to the end of your play 
Well done young leviathan
Demolish all that you see
 rats and booze and heredity

year of the dragon 
we are great friends
 if I have to ride scales on fire 
I'd rather burn alive
Than pretend


Grab the hotel curtains
 beloved 
drop and roll   
The heart may smother 
Try to  breathe low 
 

Senorita Campanilla pide un deseo

Don't be so sad poppy
Look to brighter days
Even in winter
there is a light
reflecting off the gray
Smuggle  your sad fate
in a pillow
and cross state lines
Here and there
Beneath rust on fenders
You will see a shine
Forever is a myth
There is only today
And if she gives you a kiss
Don't wipe it away
My heart is tiny
 it's true
Know that in every lost shadow
There is a wildfire lit for you

Valentine

Maybe I  creep up on you 
like a sex starved mermaid 
who just found her legs
Stalk you back to the sea
and propose on my brand new knee
So my hair is dank 
and breath fish rank
I'm a magical being 
A fucking mermaid 

Say yes please and I will
Turn you into a dolphin 
and give you teeth
The shark of my dreams

We will cross the world  
Invisible and constantly fucking
Wait for  bubbles to pop 
so we can hear our giggling
Visit our folks 
on their big gay cruise 
love under trains on bridges 
Me the mermaid you the muse