my dreams are hellish horses
done with the grazing and oh
so ready for the main attraction
(gestures with arms guiding
the line of sight to one side
of her unguided gaze)
if you please i give you the
center ring but i will not be
your dancing bear in this or
any other plane of being one
with the universe will shred
anyone’s sensibilities molecule
by molecule all of it was brought
together and the beauty of it
(she breathes deeply clucking
her tongue with pleasure)
the beauty of it is in the force
that keeps it all exactly as far
apart
as all of it needs
to keep it all from collapsing
(palms brought together
fingers interweave double
helix tight and allowed to
remain conjoined)
collapsing from the weight
of the foot fall malevolent
the forged iron sincerity of
a savage gravity unyielding
as their heads toss back the
frightening open eyed with
steam from the nostrils atop
the wicked bit-induced
laughter
(she allows her balled hands
to fall into her lap and allows
for entropy to disentangle her)
all of it 