"Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all." - Soren Kierkegaard
A Deep Tissue Tango
May I ask you to dance,
in the waves by the shore?
Shall we walk on the beach,
and drink in the stars?
Will you think of my touch
in your deep tissue tango?
Kismet
If our first kiss is an apéritif
I think you’ll taste like Martini Bianca
with a maraschino Cherry, on crushed ice.
The kind of kiss that when it’s over,
you’re not sure for a while
which direction time is moving in.
Méduse Muséa
Will Perseus
Make it quick
Slash fast and clean
through the neck?
How else indeed
the Papillon seed
Negrimace
There’s a black bitterness on your fair and freckled face;
the taste of bile slides off your sad, seductive smile.
You’re not keen to have your swollen spleen be seen.
Your Campari grin hides with a sneer the gin of your sin.
You wink while you think of the unspeakably nasty stink,
your withdrawn love will shove suicide thoughts on your dove.
Next of Kin
Have you lived a life of sin?
Have you thought of giving in?
Did you let the Devil win?
Are you the fire that burns within?
What can I count on you to bring?
Will you be my next of kin?
Pikaboo!
I hope you’ll not mind the interruption,
and I don’t mean to be an intrusion or an illusion.
I mean no harm although I very much do have intentions.
They may have already had some mentions.
If I may fail, let it be hard and worth the subject chosen.
No broken bones nor bruised and bleeding egos frozen.
Thank You for Noticing
I’d never be the only one
to imply we’re not nearly done
Subtext is the meaning you meant
below the text you just sent
its how your sentence pays rent
how straight talk begs to be bent
The Art of Falling in Love with a Broken Heart
I fell in love with a broken heart,
she’d carried the pieces a while.
A lasting gift of pain and loss
hid it with her gorgeous smile.
I broke in love with a fallen heart.
that I patched together just right.
Woooooooof!
“Love is a serious mental disease.”
- Plato
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