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.