Fragile Sorcery
If I could only see her face but she was unreachable then I wanted to reach her I did all I could She was mine and she was more It was never enough I wanted to see everything She devoured time when we were together I witnessed her inner battle come undone She became displaced I saw the future as a memory She was timelessness her watch was vintage, a windup She fixed her gaze on me She fixed her gaze She became the sun I didn’t care if somebody saw us We were in love It was deafening and very unnerving her skin was like velvet it remained so her cheeks were covered in soft white hairs that reflected the sun I hear that is what made Marilyn so photogenic, too she was an exotic animal not unlike an extra-terrestrial with enormous sensual desire endless appetite she destroyed me I was exhausted I was exhilarated I wanted that velvet skin on mine “I wanted to paint you in the stars, I wanted you with me in the stars; like Henry Miller, riddled with love, packed...
