Safekeeping

In a leaky aquarium of air you call out all the gods! You fight and gulp the sky. Fists and knuckles scrape heaven, bruise blue, scare red yellow enough to break into a gallop in your new Italian shoes … Hurts all of our wildflowers— shatters plans and plots— Strewn broken pieces of heart cut whatever else is in the way. I love you, you burning mystic maniac. I want to keep you close and faraway Squeeze you in between pages, until sheets of neon glows breathless. Press, crease, pinch, Fold into a shadow, locket.