Under Water

Comfortable

Quiet

Lethal equality

Muffling the physical world

Surrounding all in wet comfort

A desire to return to the womb

Only to exist

Without demand

Without performative smiles

Holding our breath

Waiting for the wave to turn.

 

Operatic MiniSeries

The Alter

The Sacrifice

The Supplicant

The Pries,

The Worshiper

The Demon

And the Switch

Need drove the roles

Pheromones wrote the Melody

Time wrote the Script as

Egos wrote the End and

Hindsight,

the epilogue.

Simply Put

 She loved a figment of your imagination

You loved her willingness.

Waiting for the Meat to Ripen

Just another
handsome,
charming, useful brute
wounded
seeking validation,
seeking to be seen,
praying this time the mask doesn’t slip;
presenting warrior, provider, protector
while serving
Narcissist looking for a consummate “Yes Man”
with contortionist’s benefits.
 
Contest their will but once
the spell will be broken
with a quickness
matched only
by their tongue.
 
Making cougars wonder
Is it worth waiting for the meat to ripen
Or is best served as veal?