I was a forgotten ugly duckling
that found shelter under...

Spark
my mind with your words...

Whisper words sub rosa to
my rapacious soul...

Forsaken catacombs of esoteric allusions
lay neatly tucked behind my...

Sub zero temperatures
linger on the breeze that...

You are a loose arrow
launched from...

How many more
nights...

A few swift strokes of my pen
create verbal ecosystems...

You've got me inescapably tangled
up within your...

You were so slapstick it was
tragic...

We aren't seeing eye to eye.
We have similar perceptions...

I spent the past year trying to rewrite
you into my life...