ACCIDENTAL MUSE

When we meet

My muse

Your very breath

Caresses

My senses

Coaxing words

Out from

Secret places

When we meet

Like this

It's gravity

A pull

To the heart

Of creativity

We merge

And 

.....

It's electric

When we meet

My Wednesday muse

When we meet

On this altitude...

It's synergy

Pure

Deep

Synergy

SECOND RAIN

We waited for the 

Rain

And when it came

We ran out

And danced

Our laughter 

Dancing with us

As our clothes

Clung to 

Our tiny frames

We were

Innocent

I remember you slipped

And fell

And we laughed so hard

The flashes of lightening

Seemed as if

God had winked

At us

We were

Innocent

Then I helped you up

And hugged you tight

I felt warm

But we were shivering

Through smiles 

And

The rumble

Of the thunder

Had us scurrying 

Back inside

Auntie whipped us

Till we cried

Still clinging 

To each other

We were 

Innocent

The rains went away

And our grains

Started to sprout

We were strutting

Our stuff

And our pride

Bounced off

Each other

They called it

Puberty

And our innocence

Was sadly fading

But we still clung 

To each other

Barely

Blameless

Now

It’s Harmattan

And we find

Ourselves

Here 

Sucked dry 

As the parched soil

Our grains all gone

With the years

No tears to soothe

Our tight faces

And dissolve

 Our plastic smiles

Our bony hands

Cling

To each other

The music 

From yesterday

Seeps into

Today

Telling the innocence

We once had

They call it ageing

No longer

Innocent

Yet we 

Cling

Tight

Waiting 

For the second rain

To come

So we dance

Our last

"DON'T GO TELLING MAMA"

She said

“Don’t go kissing boys

Don’t let them touch you”

And then

She touched me

“It’s ok”

She said

“Don’t go telling mama”

And with a kiss

She zipped my lips

The smell of sweat and flesh

My infant mind

Stored in masses

In hidden folds

Up in my brain

And now it spews them

Into my thoughts

I smell her

The taste

In my mouth

Her leathery nipples

Burning

Into

My sore tongue

Her flabby abs

Pushing down my belly

With kisses,

She wiped my tears

The feel

Of her calloused

Hands

Rough fingers

Shoved up my…

“Shhh”

She said

“Don’t go telling mama”

And with sloppy kisses

She soothed

My bruises

Once I killed her

In the bathtub

And laid there

Crying

On the cold floor

Then I stabbed her

At church

And watched

Her blood flow

Down

Beneath the altar

While I prayed

For her soul

Her voice comes

And goes

“Don’t go kissing boys”

So I let the boys go

And found

The men were

Sweet

And women

Lush

“Shhh”

I say

“Don’t go telling mama”

I still dream of you

Your breath

And smile

And breasts

I dream of

Your hands

And thighs

And lips

I dream

Of

You

In

Pieces

Laid up

On those cotton sheets

On which I bled

Once

“Shhh”

You said

“Don’t go telling mama”

LACONIC

Our love

Was dawn

Then

Dusk

…….

Sunset

As

Beautiful

As

  Sunrise

SORT OF A TRIBUTE...to Tampico

Once I fell deeply in love 

With a dog. 

His name was Tampico 

And He died

In fact 

He was murdered.

After his burial, 

I swore never to love 

Another brown-eyed dog.

The worst part is 

I partook 

In the very feast

That raised my suspicions...

Kebabs and drinks.

My heart 

Felt funny that night 

As I ate with my neighbors. 

But my tongue 

Was double sure 

It was tasting goat. 

Guess I can't trust 

That member

Those bloody neighbors!! 

They smiled 

In their heads 

And watched me 

Savor Tampico's meat. 

I knew then,

That I will never ever fall 

For another canine 

As long as I live, 

Unless of course 

I turn vegetarian 

Along the line.

You see 

Tampico was not just

Any gutter-dog. 

He had been pampered 

From birth...

How do you think

He got his name? 

And to be completely honest, 

He caused his own death.

He had no business 

Running off 

To do the neighbor's dog 

Without taking precautions...

Without watching his back. 

He never listened to me.

When it came to matters of the groin, 

Tampico would just not listen.

"Tampico bring the bitch home"

I kept telling him. 

But no, he ignored me. 

He was disrespectful, 

That dog! 

The white fluffy bitch next door 

Had completely stolen his heart 

and took his brains along with it! 

He would leave

For days on end

Stuck with her

One day he left
And never came back.

My stomach digested him well though.