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Poems - An Affair to Avoid

An Affair to Avoid

by vexations

Confidence spread
over the podium
as she spilled her words
from The Gravity Soundtrack.
We met there — a writer’s guild event,
not on-line staged by e-harmony
or match.com.

Some drinks are
darn strong to swallow —
burn all the way down
but you know
you’ve had a taste
of something different.
She’s like that
still you wrapped your hand
around her and take a swig.

Subtle how she whispers
from behind sepia cover
“resist gravity.”
I take her advice — no sags
in my life. For now, in the sands at Wild Dunes
I chased her weightless life-style.

We rolled
in each others' sweat
and sand settles like grit
between our toes and our skin
fires red-raw where we carelessly
miss rubbing on the number 30.

Be wary of pretending you live
in spring when your bones
gather autumn leaves. Avoid
secret liaisons with a “scared
fatherless young poet who feels
like veal*”
and fears a Jumbotron
will replay episodes
of her teenage embarrassments
in high definition before
a crowed stadium.

I’m old, and wear as quick as a
gold-plated watchband. Scents from
Bougainvillea over stimulate
my dreams and spur urges
I’m unable to meet.

So bring me lavender
and words from Mary Oliver,
settle comfort around me
with lingo from my era.
Erin Keane’s passion; her fervor

rocks a world I missed.
My “great depression” birthday
came too soon.
* A word Erin Keane used to describe herself.

Based on my experience of read The Gravity Soundtrack by Erin Keane.