define: anticipation
smoke
and it moves
over
more
than
a few limbs
notice
this
subtle
shade
her
cheeks
like soil
freshly watered
notice
these
fingers
tight
rope
walk(ing)
towards
her
throat
softness
like blood
not cloud
dust
not wool
warm
mouth
define: any reason to…
we write and we grow
disasters
here
where wildness is avalanche
and meditation
ice age
show us
your nudity
and we’ll taste
the end
of this
night
along his throat
I cannot remain
anything less
than a scrap
of silver
like a lost sense of north
like compliments of lavender
in this bedroom
like how we saw some body of water
holding hands
and thinking back
towards forty thousand more planets
define: blink
you can fill a room
with all these
seashells and white hair
the slender bones
which have been
personally picked
by delicate eyes
all through the night
by candlelight
and coffee fumes
now
breathe
on this
and
breathe
on this
now
breathe
and we hear the noise
of impossible collapse
like bodies slice
through water
face first
like the slow decay
of small fires
in the distance
like some silly laugh
in serious darkness
like a chemical spill
what would it mean
to leave all my muscles
at home and travel
as part of this city’s language
like the searing nudity
of a hatpin piercing a wine cork
why do coral reefs slash his mouth
when he attempts to open mouth kiss
what was her first word all about
–Daniel Dissinger
Poetry