Kit Kelen #684 - just to remind myself why I'm here on Earth

684

just to remind myself why I'm here on Earth

(on a certain special day)

I look at

pictures of the animals at it

and us in throes of

light this

light up

I pass beyond

I build

to bury

lithe limb for tangle

hard where soft

much stroke and suck

rouse raise

I am out of a thicket

of law

here by means of

what may come

and often need a wash

I smoke

I find a straw to clutch

I shine the thing

I listen

make midst of much

and love the wrong word found

all of those numbers have to be money

how high can I count by lights out?

furl up in bed

as last flag flown

ontology's a leaf twirl

and I like to touch

just to remind myself why

I hang my heart

with all our shame

I'm here to rust

and rasp with chorus

just for this first kiss

so linger

a smile

a laugh

some magic

me

each to the other's beating heart

yes

these are the reasons

I have to be here

there's no other world for me

say yes

say yes

say yes

*

coda:

purple barrels of 76 --

there's still a bit of that glow