12/17/2021 drafted, posted January 26, 2025
only once, the ancient stretch of the Aegean
where we kissed against the shady grapevine
our bellies full of thought and wine
we touched each other’s every atom
with sunbrown fingers and tumbled
our waves across the grass
in the ocean’s vast and shining shadow
we listened to the music of the pillars
it was then I heard the wind speak
of an ascent by means of feathers
but it was your name that caught my tongue
and taught me no guarantee of tomorrow