Anniversary

The merry-go-round lights
illuminate your face, 
and
the mess of plastic that
passes for a fountain here
washes the noise of the 
overpass. 

You smile at me 
and 
not for the first time I am reminded
that we are in love.
Violent,
stupid, 
arrogant 
love.

We press our bodies into one
another exchanging heat 
and 
you laugh, like music. 

You are my burial at sea.

The horizon my heart sails toward, 

a chase that never stops.
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October 8, 2024 at 6:04 PM
You're the blood in my veins
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