even the stars

worms they said,
worm like wood they said
in the underbelly of her bonds,
in the something we termed domestic
we termed it pet and we termed it love
we termed it a virtue, anything a virtue.
we terminated her ill our relation ships
the vessels that will carry these mites they
breast stroke like the Monarchs,
and hang-glide the dolphins arch,
the dog just will not make it they said
and every bitch has its day
so make love they said
with the sweat of the sun,
with the pillows of the pavement.
somehow we will make it
so they said.

so I said I love you in panic,
I love you under a busted fire hydrants shower.
remember?  in the rain dance of the streets
we screamed all the way into the sun rise before
I said I love you in the entropy of our relationship,
in the viscosity of our relationship.
remember me in you and
in the way the first I love you
never comes fast enough.

you.

you never came fast enough,

but me,
I came in multiples of c
bending as I approached your horizon
relative to the way the daisies bent wild for us
just like the day the waves washed over us
melting into them as we moved like molten molasses
remember?  when you said,

"the only way of life is to love dangerously
from a distance."

and so now you bark glow worms and you whimper
as easy as a warm summer breeze in Tennessee
and you howl that even the stars,
even the stars,
are not forever.