No Clean Landing

runaway ride

stalled at first red

weeds spring from skull

weighted down by

clouds-

too close to ground

to veil the

bright

reminds me just how small

i sigh when throat

grows tight,

should we

‘face to face’ again

before the end writes self

from ledge,

we’ll still

jump..

in both feet

wet.

dear, dare i
accept

the limits of
a smile

in the heat of
distress,

stripped of prince
gown-

all fashion, no
function,

no comfort in
the nude,

hostile
to seduction-

am behind the
glass flirt

in moods most
perverse.

i’d be wise to chase
hisses home,

crack the panes,
unshackle
time,

should i taunt
flames

best contain the
spread of
mine,

sparing cardboard
creatures

guarding arid
acres

miles from
crime.

would say, as of late, i’m a bat

wings doming fur
and face,

cozy,
contained,

tender
as distant,

at rest.. one of many
pitted knots

on wood panel wall
in musty hut,

murmurs of
fears

of fangs and
disease

presumed in we that
light won’t
reach.