So many parents
strap down
their kid's brain,
make the kid do
whatever
they say,
so the kid grows up
to be like them,
flat,
hateful--
anxious
to make children
they too
will molest.
*****
A TENDERNESS
that comes
from a sweet familiarity
oh that's the best
though
an April
anemone's
a close second
also sweet
also familiar.
*****
KISSING YOU
is like being
on a trapeze
we meet
in midair
almost
whoops
we fall
fall
& fall
but just
when we're
about to hit
the ground
we're up
in midair
again
not knowing how
we got there
