taking a break from my ever-so-long term paper.

11/18/08 poem

i am the earth
my lover is the sun
and our love
illuminates the whole
damned sky.

i will buy the periodic fucking
table of elements
and give you all
of the pretty ones.
like radium,
so you'd glow in the dark
and i'd never lose you again.

i want to know how
your skin feels
when you're smiling.
so don't mind my
hand on your hand,
my hand on your shoulder,
my hand across your stomach.

i need to find a cure for
the common cold.
so we can all get better,
get better then this shit.

i've been waiting outside
your doorstep.
my lips are cold.
your lips are hot.
we need a happy median.

baby, watch how those stars dance.
and watch how you illuminate me.