Another poem & some MewithoutYou

Hey there, my previous poem post seemed to be a success so I figured I would share another. I have written over 10 poems this summer (which is actually half the requirement for thesis, but not all 10 are good obviously!) But I thought I'd share this one, written on week 5.

Easy Sun (Week 5)

There is a skinny cat blinking slow

stretched out in a triangular patch of sun.

At an earlier hour, this kind of heat

would pull the driveway to a taffy

-- a perfect quicksand for green plastic soldiers.

But it is late afternoon-- golden hour

The way my skin feels after soaking

in million year old light.

I want to fill my tub with your heat

so that when I sit upright

the steam continues to rise from my knees.

I feel sweat form on the small of my back

my sunburn itches and I blink slow.

This is one of my favorite songs lyrically but I always love MewithoutYou, especially when I'm working through anything emotionally or mentally. These lines have been running through my mind this evening and I thought I would share:

Your flavor in my mind swings back and fourth between

sweeter than any wine as bitter as mustard greens

Light and dark as honeydew and pumperknickel bread

The trap I set for your seems to have caught my leg instead.

M