Bouncy ball lovers
exploding in colors as they
lean down over the pier
move like the tide
on an October night
and they laugh
till they run out of air
the moon sets
beneath the ocean line
watch it go down down
as their emotions
start to rise
far away sound
of the waves
unchosen their strides

slowly they open,
like arms
that were folded
like eyes
that woke up in the sun
cautious to feel,
and anxious to heal
this loneliness
that had begun
she fell in the bed
in his arms
they tumbled around
their heads lost
beneath eachothers hearts
the walls were surrounded
in unfinished art

They fit together
like love on a letter
like tulips
on a table for two
and on that same day
as she left for Santa Fe
he said,
"I'm rather crazy for you"
and he brushed down
his hair to one side
and he went through the rounds
of his knuckles popping
from the left to the right
he took out his canvas
and painted blue-green lines

oo oo oo