_____

Geraldine,
you pretend you don’t care

but you do

bruised giraffe heart
longs for ecstatic connection
chopped weepy words
emphasize aversion
you are like a bee running away from pollen
not knowing how sweet it is
Geraldine

Geraldine you navigate so beautifully from the passenger seat
such innovative routes from point (a) to point (b)
should be purchased by the upper classes
hung on walls
scrutinized
talked about
jostled and resold
Geraldine
my fickle beacon

oh Geraldine, that I could nourish you!
I would show you such tenderness
whisper endlessly in your ear
soften those lungs
wet those kidneys
if only I could be your Grim Reaper
your flawless guide as you fall back into the loving embrace of the depths and
arise reborn
as a new
Geraldine
how sweet.

Geraldine
with your talk-damaged tongue
you say, “not that I have anything against ______”

but you do

Play with me Geraldine!
be not a thought of right or wrong
but a person

so beautiful in ambiguity
Geraldine