long thin wiry
protuberances
from his belly
scooting up the wall
long after
the screams
die out
I gazed through an iced crystal pane
Looking at three winter backdrops:
A tree is struggling under snow
Its maple branches drooping low.
Two small flowerbeds are asleep
beneath very deep, white blankets.
As I gazed, I became entranced;
All of the snow had disappeared
Revealing the presence of spring-
Tiny, green protuberances
appeared from numerous branches;
Rudimentary daffodils
and tulips rouse from their slumber.
Then I blinked twice and all was gone;
except my yearning thoughts of spring.
Spring struggles to break winters hold
on its timely season onset.
The latent buds are reluctant
to sprout their protuberances;
robins haw vocal notes of song
while perched on stark swaying branches;
Crocuses spurn stifled tulips
abed for their impotency;
Sluggish hibernates’ hesitate
to waken from their dormancy
and fair-weather, housebound humans
unwilling to venture outside.
but soon a warm, vernal zephyr
will breathe life into everything
reviving consciousness of spring.
With most of my possible lovers
Strangely far away
The only means of testing
A little box with a blue line across the top
Or a web interface with which I get to see
Your face, only momentarily
Usually late at night or at other obscure and fleeting moments
Each of my invisible counterparts provide a temporary diversion
Or a momentary ego boost, and yet as that Rabbi’s wife told me
“You will never know, til you’re in their presence and that moment hits
Where you know that they could provide you with what you need,
In an actual time frame and you will know you can provide too, for them.
Rather than a semblance of reality providing a destiny complex and an
Intimacy only present on the screen of your MacBook”
“Just wait,” she said “ until life presents them to you and then you will be able to decide”
I nodded, sure she was correct.
However til then, yes I'm available to chat
Even when you all wish solely to discuss my frontward protuberances and occasionally my dreams and family situation… maybe I should just wait til that cheeky drink.