'let love take hold,' you could say, open-eyed.
broken-necked shame (if you had one), lifted.
o bb gurl, how fortunate to wait
for nothing; shameful for naught but delay.
had we a unity of sentiments,
tragic press of ego into marble,
into walls, into ruins? how many
would have chosen the 'ladies' over what—
more,
when, after we are (not-)gone?
recall
receding 'M' of my hairline, tickle,
a cough, i fart:
time for medication—
set our hearts to rhythm, lower BP.
slower, you look good today, would you like
to go to the bathroom? your feet spread, firm;
lean forward, push chair's arms; ‘nose over toes.’
there you go, now slowly. we’re not waiting.