That Moment in the Reeds

A part of each other
that makes us both sad…

It’s hard to get over
what we never had…

Our love was requited
but we were a mess…

Inside recited
what made us obsessed:

The tint in those skies.
The feel of the wind.
The glint in your eyes.
The scent of your skin.

The kiss that meant nothing
until we were gone.

The kiss that meant something
because we were wrong.

The kiss was abandoned
unknown in the splendor…

The kiss never happened
although we remember.

Written by Jason Wright
March 26, 2019

PULP

Erotic cliché
is sleazy and brainless.

But “Gothic & Gaye”
is easy and painless.

A quaint porno cover
from could-have-been youth,

A saint and a lover
with shades of the truth,

The words were a code
and swiftly a treasure…

The words once bestowed
were simply a pleasure.

Written by Jason Wright
March 21, 2019

The One That Stops Him From Feeling

Ian music is song of drug addiction
ascribed to crazy haired Cure fan
who raved about Mood Swings
near Autumn, in the magic of her
midnight gallery opening
I would never witness in the light
of 90’s Ann Arbor Michigan day.

I met him 3 times
before Pizza House friend
cursed his life
and sent him to his smack filled
heroin infused ever after…

But I never knew “the asshole”;
I only remember his kiss…
Paul’s longing description…
Carrie’s guiltless confession…
and Dorian’s unexpected words
which brought all these memorial ingredients
into focus and allowed me finally to mourn –
listening to Numbness on NYC downtown train to The Prom –
no tears –
but a sad smile
and a kiss goodbye
in the same deep water as you.

Written by Jason Wright
March 1, 2019

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