Out of the chainsmoke lounge
the desperado tango
on the whalebone balcony
in three time
the same tempo that rattles your
intake manifold
to be left like a stain on the
velvet wallpaper when the
temperature drops
& the veins of memory
perform their balancing act
on a piano wire
that runs the length of your
incidental shame
One elegant high surf advisory & I’m
ditching euphoria for a plate of nails
polishing rainpuddles in my sleep