Thursday, May 22, 2014

Guy on a first date - or word of the day poem - leviathan

a marathon
drive-thru
fountain
root beer float
sharing a straw, a
spoon
popcorn
hiding under
the sheets

a roaring
leviathan leaps across
rough waters, just about
into my seat
popcorn, soda
ice-cream, vanilla
land in my lap
and then
there is you
arm in mine
covered in goo

and there is me
sticky, awkward
not saying a word

my thoughts are a
mind leviathan
and i don't kiss
you because
my brain is too full

silence distracts us
from the leviathan
we are more scared
of ourselves
than any
screen monster

i drop you off
and as you lean
close
i worry about my
hair and breath
and so I
pat your shoulder
and say
"Later."

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