INTERIOR ROSE
D-PRESS
ELLENSBURG 1990
Cover collage by the author




INTERIOR ROSE


I turn myself into a bar room.
Drunks roll from my armpits.

Awake all night—
in the gray light smudges become masterpieces.

.

I see you see clearly as we share solitude.

The body will decay.
Don't delay.

Our words make light everywhere we look

The body will decay.
Don't delay.

.

I like you liking me.
I like it. I like it.
I like it.

I could be in Mexico.
A voice says, "Go,"
but I can't resist

being here with you.
I like it. I like it.
I like it.



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