Thick Soul

I blurted out these two words

Upon which

An instant knowing smile — melting, illuminating and white-hot

Lit up the dim spot.

Fetching, mixing and shaking

Air suspended, smoke formed.

“May I”? That look in the eyes

“Ahah sure” — like a tacit agreement, somewhat

A puzzle waiting to unravel

It’ll be something fleeting, samba-like, and potentially devastating, of course !

Big Snow, It’s Today

Peeling off layers of my skin, it unveils

Asymmetrical structure

Utilitarianism has never guided me, for better or for worse

Love is a social construct

Atypical — that’s you for me — I somehow only had recourse to my childish provocation, but you’re a child too!

Regret has been a raging flame, hard to smother

Mother’s death only detoured that path of longing

Sex is the axis around which life turns — I couldn’t agree more

(Tomintoul turns out to be the spirit to nurture this verse)

Running is your specialty, for better or for worse

Off to an island that doesn’t have a pulse (but a reassuring emblem — a protective shelter, a motherly figure, a kind of union — could just do)

Never would I ever believe I could be, um, one day haunted by tattoos

Generally speaking — you’re wrong (and the Horse and the Rider…who is riding who?)