Philadelphia

Walnut Street

1990                

Invitation

Kiss me now
because I can’t keep death away
and I have wondered how you taste

kiss me now
even though we are not lovers

kiss me now
because I do not know when things end

kiss me now
because I can’t keep death away
and I don’t know when things end
and I have wondered how you taste

Manhasset
Woodmere
Neshaminy Valley

1965 - 1970


Ross sitting next me
Early in the evening

She looked at me
took my hand in hers
and with the index finger
of the other hand
she
slowly

lightly

slowly traced
the skin
around
the valleys between
my knuckles
around
and
around
and she looked me
with her eyes
with her neck
with her
bare
arms
with her
subtlety

as I watched her finger

slowly
lightly
slowly
trace the skin
around
my knuckles