Malbec Verbs

Malbec Verbs

a bottle of malbec - in  your hands,
this is the moment - we know
kyle and sara love to be here
but now there is a smile on
your lips,
maybe it's better this way!
laughter, instigator:
bottle bleeds the work,
the mustard seed
in your hair
shines like a fleck of gold
it's been this way forever
....like the sand of the ocean
in the hollow of your knees
and million little suns glowing -
little honey-discs -
on your skin, licking
the blue skies moving
under your eyes closed
while your sleep lay heavy
on my chest
... these waves come very close
till they sweep us
agitating, swirling -
maybe sara likes to be here
or is it better this way?
listening to Destroyer crying
his british columbianness
in the malbec-heavy red-blur
that cannot save the
scintillation of aching
time-splinters,
gravitating into a vortex
of a little deathly pain:
the pleasure that
we abide by
into letting words
suck our breath:
our gathering song