Memories of Summer
A mottled tree grew inside our house
we played board games
and sunk our teeth into grey rocks
who squirmed when we touched them.
I spoke to my girlfriend about her necklace
which seemed to talk to me
using its glimmering radiance
The next day, I woke before the others
and went into the valley.
I fled from a burbling brook
and sauntered near a red mountain
made of fruit
I locked myself inside a berry
to freeze my body in time
but then I got bored and wandered on
I walked back to town in the evening to go to a theater,
watched a movie of people dancing aggressively,
But when the lights turned up
everyone was alone,
their lovers, friends (and popcorn) were gone
I humped the back of a theater seat
and then I was a child
sitting in the back of a car with my siblings
parents telling us to hush
Later that night , in the reddened heat of darkness
I walked back to the house where my friends were.
Once inside,
I put on a hat made of velvet rope
and my maroon suspenders
were the only thing separating me
from an abyss of insanity.
We decided to have a party at someone else's house
I swore I wouldn’t wear a woolen vest
but a part of me wanted to be made a fuss of
-But I threw it off because I was swelling underneath
then I noticed the diamonds hidden in the folds of my skin were gone
my lover and I were fusing together
had this caused the jewels to become lost?
The waxy second-skin that held our bodies together couldn’t be undone
even with a polite hand shake, which she suggested.
I reached over to open the window
tossing aside the curtain
and when I turned around
the entire scene inside the house
had become a maddening soap opera
played by puppets
made of our skin.
I bathed my eyes in white vinegar
to wash away disturbing images
and when I opened them
I saw my hands slowly dissolving
I cried out for my companion
and felt her hot breath smush into my face.
I thought it would please me to feel her
I swallowed my gum and watched
as her skin tore off and reversed inside of herself
taking all of my skin with hers
until we were two embracing skeletons
with nothing holding us up but inertia
and then we fell to the floor in a heap of bones.
Other nights, when she was with me
We would walk alone through a maze in a field
under the moon
and find a hidden garden where the plants grew downward
and the sky was every color at once
A mottled tree grew inside our house
we played board games
and sunk our teeth into grey rocks
who squirmed when we touched them.
I spoke to my girlfriend about her necklace
which seemed to talk to me
using its glimmering radiance
The next day, I woke before the others
and went into the valley.
I fled from a burbling brook
and sauntered near a red mountain
made of fruit
I locked myself inside a berry
to freeze my body in time
but then I got bored and wandered on
I walked back to town in the evening to go to a theater,
watched a movie of people dancing aggressively,
But when the lights turned up
everyone was alone,
their lovers, friends (and popcorn) were gone
I humped the back of a theater seat
and then I was a child
sitting in the back of a car with my siblings
parents telling us to hush
Later that night , in the reddened heat of darkness
I walked back to the house where my friends were.
Once inside,
I put on a hat made of velvet rope
and my maroon suspenders
were the only thing separating me
from an abyss of insanity.
We decided to have a party at someone else's house
I swore I wouldn’t wear a woolen vest
but a part of me wanted to be made a fuss of
-But I threw it off because I was swelling underneath
then I noticed the diamonds hidden in the folds of my skin were gone
my lover and I were fusing together
had this caused the jewels to become lost?
The waxy second-skin that held our bodies together couldn’t be undone
even with a polite hand shake, which she suggested.
I reached over to open the window
tossing aside the curtain
and when I turned around
the entire scene inside the house
had become a maddening soap opera
played by puppets
made of our skin.
I bathed my eyes in white vinegar
to wash away disturbing images
and when I opened them
I saw my hands slowly dissolving
I cried out for my companion
and felt her hot breath smush into my face.
I thought it would please me to feel her
I swallowed my gum and watched
as her skin tore off and reversed inside of herself
taking all of my skin with hers
until we were two embracing skeletons
with nothing holding us up but inertia
and then we fell to the floor in a heap of bones.
Other nights, when she was with me
We would walk alone through a maze in a field
under the moon
and find a hidden garden where the plants grew downward
and the sky was every color at once
