you
dearest recipient
of a heart
how are you?
this is nuts!
do you feel
the beating too?
we have received
something
we never asked for
recipients of
eyeball
liver
kidney
poison
war
mouth
word
I am terrified
of saying
anything
important
so spare me
and expect nothing
but a conversation
heart
to
heart
dearest recipient
of eyes
thighs
skull
nose
do you smell that?
do you smell
the birds
chirping like
barely anything is wrong?
*breathes*
ah
there it is
drinkable sunshine
like our mothers
and our mothers mothers drank
oh liquid gold
presence
oh tan
and bomb
oh holy water
oh temporary escape
of knowing bad
everyday
sun up
roll over
say baby
thrust in
trust in good science
good riddance
and I do not mean
geometry or green
day
but
rising temperatures and
something unpredictable
this
or that
one might say
a fork stuck
in between
two roads
diverging
in yellow
wood
and I, dearest recipient of a heart, I
took
both
of them
neither/nor
and
I like to think
of a person
and the moon
moving
how they got there
getting water on their faces
saying brilliant things
to each other
occasionally
theirs
which is them
both
a robin covered in tar
the bleeding belly
the aquamarine tow truck
and the lit end of a cigar
which burns because
well
dearest recipient of lips
they were asked to
politely
and with style
a nod to
prohibition-like
rules
which would not accept us
but bobs their hair
bobs their head
along
to a strange beat
which somehow feels new
all
in between
genres
two forks
patchworked with glass
and I like to think of
a person
and an instrument
and grass
and whatever else
breaks up the shoulders
that fill with
a genuine fear of
being in love
outside
of the lines
coloring
red, blue, and yes
yellow too
and green
oh I have got to tell you about
the greens
you
dearest recipient of eyes
I have quickly fallen for the
moss foamed
life drenched
accumulating
green
which shows up everywhere
at good times
to tell us
yeah
it is happening!
everywhere!
and so often
between roads
under cars
on pool tables
there are even
entire trees of them
staying alive
despite it all
you
dearest recipient
of a heart
can you feel it?
can you
feel
your stomach contract
don’t focus on it
too hard
it becomes harder to do
when you’re aware
just let is
be
in
and
out
eyes
thighs
skull
nose
this little
light
of mine
they’re going to
let it
shine
let it shine