Diabolical

This plan was simple and to the point
let it in and then let it out
failure was a possibility but not a deterrent
flow in
stop at the gate and flow out
seismographic records and current periodic elements aside
this attempt meant business
line
line
Who will hold the line?
Diabolical
Kiss me: and hold my broken spine together with your sly Baleen smile

Sticky Floor

Do you remember?

I remember it every time

   I step on a sticky floor in the theater

it was a French film – Eric Rohmer

as near as I could tell

it was about paint drying

I couldn’t understand French

and the subtitles were just confusing

we sat in the back row – murky shadows

and we kissed, it was called necking in those days

kissed until our lips became numb

legs in pretzels

spilled popcorn

and, oh yes, my foot kicking your Coke

the sticky fluid running down

through the rows