1.

You said, when
those who remember the 60's
are at peace with
men of the clan
by
a private room
we have all lived a life that had a pupose
Love . . .
is known to be horny.

2.

Tell your vagina
To sing it to the sky
And be shaken out of ordinary perception.
Anything we fully do is an alone journey
Moments of dread
Drive us to drink
Even though, it's all over,
I want to keep you warm
While half awake
And dreaming.

3.

What you have been can never be destroyed.
As specifically as possible
I live in your flesh.
For the tender grace of a day that is dead
It was a matter of learning to see
Butterflies and rainbows.
That can be learned
We will always feel our truth.

4

As it's all over
Knowing what it meant
Without needing a reason
Speak to me of wish fulfillment
Good art should teach us how to look
At things salvaged from old pleasure ships.
Like benign memories of childhood
In the gray fog of memory,
I don't understand why you were here
Or why you're not.


Stephen Morse 1990