in the breach
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: Venus and the Sailor by Salvador Dali
call me from the sea to meet you
in the breach of dawn and dusk
shapes and angles flow to greet you
midnight masses, morning musk
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call me from the sea to meet you
in the breach of dawn and dusk
shapes and angles flow to greet you
midnight masses, morning musk
He said yes. She said no.
She said high. He said low.
He said dark. She said light.
She said wrong. He said right.
Has it really been a decade
since you were in my arms?
Ten years ago, I bid farewell
to you and all your charms.
You’ll always be the one for me;
we’re two peas in a pod.
So plump, so round…You’re all I see.
My soft, green heart is awed.
If you must cut me,
do the job with crystal.
Let ruby gemfire
lick (then burn)
your litany of
leavings
on my palm.
Not only do you rock, you are one––
That’s the honest truth.
I oughta know; you’ve had my back
since we were in our youth.
Saying goodbye was harder than she thought,
but then, it’s true she rarely thought at all.
She acted and reacted, forged ahead,
kept moving, praying that she wouldn’t fall.
she always made him small
it was her eyes
he blamed them,
claimed they cut him
down to size
she said he lies