I walk piebald and scathed. Black tires roll silent
concrete. Leaves scatter. Bend to a liberated shoelace.
Little girl chases blue balloons.
Memory: come on, daddy. daddy,
come on. Videotape.
He is of the screen and observing it.
I/she turn to call for him.
Long brown hair swings.
Tell me why. Tell me tell Don't be.
Time differ
ence. He eyes
the sun set banks
of the Thames. The sky
starless in
Queens.
I forgot his tattoos. I forgot
him. I forgot tongue-- breath- to
multi-colored
ribs.
The moon sets.Reflect me
Reflect-
-shone in gotham windows. A plastic bag full of hair.
I cut I
cut cut cut it
out, OUT, our
scabbed psyches, bloody chimera,
yellow-faced baboon. Gorilla grip hands girl a black balloon.
