I saw a rubber band by your bracelet
And you snapped it to the hunger pangs
You moved fleetingly
A sweet repartee
Time moved in you
And it bloomed and swelled and froze in me
Then your mezzanine cracked
And I fell through the floor
On your claret carpet I lay
I found a little space in your basement
And you kept me there
I saw you multiply, face down
On opening night of our eyesore symphonette
By intermission I could take no more
Alas, the chairs were bolted to the floor
I never wonder why I spend waking nights
In the self torment of wondering where the wonder went
I look; and in its place I find missives to your memory
In which I plea
'Don't blame me
As the stars were shining
It broke my eyes'
"Darling, darling, whatcha done to you hair?"
Impotent rings my yell, to your ashen likenesses in my head
One is silent
The other is scared, and only seen in dreams
And then I bolt upright
Twelve years from closing night of your eyesore symphonette
To sleep is to pierce the violet aperture
And see you as you are
Meet you as you were