Monday, January 31, 2011

Conversation on Age


“Cicadas shed skin,”
            They say, the Royal We
            “So too, will you, 
                        leave a slight trace”

Like lovers lain in adjoining tombs,
            Our mossy lips danced about jar fly songs--
            Their spittlebug buzz, and ours too.
We sat sipping wine  

Singing under orange-blue skies
            We took bets on whether sunrise
            Or sunsets -- where sea ends           
                        Or sky begins

Burgundy-black tannins slide down the sides
            --‘Til we sip some more--
            Your glass with no bottom
                        My glass with no rim

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