Thursday, June 10, 2010

POEM FOR JESSE C.

delicate as a watercolor of light through water
jiffy as the water spigot in the refrig door
cheerful and timid, choosy and simmering
what boils me so from you...
my blood to splash the burner
with a wince and a hiss, like an old bad memory
in the muscle of a fiddle that could melt a heart of stone?

SCA August 28, 2008