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To Tony Gallucci's next pieceMelissa in the Year of Nothing Else to Do It was you insisted we do it standing up convinced me wet legs wrapped around my hips arms folding me rosebud around you hot breath on huffing cheeks bitten tongues sweat/cum splatting on the floor sliding two directions at once we fell back to the bed exhausted and smiled sideways but you never wanted it like that again it was ecstasy then, it's a nightmare now i got it once got it when you drove a hundred miles to split a violent thunderstorm then vanished before light before we could walk in fog under spanish moss while the owls hooted up the dawn it was ecstasy then, it's a nightmare now i still have the sliver of moon you gave me one frozen night sleeping-not sleeping above the guadalupe river we fought the zipper on one old sleeping bag then gave up do you still have orion's belt gift from me that night it was ecstasy then, it's a nightmare now i imagine you lying on the cool st. augustine of your city fringe yard your voice a whisper-not whisper above the freeway thumping of teenage chevies heartbeat of america are you trying to show your daughter to warn her of that belt lost in the mercury vapor haze? i'd bet you think better of it you might see me and remember that piece of moon passed hand to hand, heart to heart it was ecstasy then, it's a nightmare now i'm a prophet you'll see some late night astronomical convergence quarter moon passing through orion three stars in a silver bowl that lithe archer will yank her dress to her chest they'll fuck standing up and the pull of the tides will wake you in the night scream suppressed teeth buried in your lip feeling the pull of everything we talked about but never did it was ecstasy then, it's a nightmare now but we were going opposite directions weren't we deliverance for me serenity for you a convergence too too brief now your picture lingers beside my bed singing river songs and i wonder if you ever drive out from austin alone at night to find that belt that constricting gift gift from me? it was ecstasy then, it's a nightmare now
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