Sharrif Simmons
69
She got the love she wanted
from me
In twenty-seven pieces I delivered a
fragmented heart
repeating a muted beat
and now we are light years apart
I reached for a thunder cloud
and stood pierced by a bolt of sunshine
honey wine
sweet honey wine
like evrything that spins
our center remains still
unavailable
unbending to tears
O mirror mirror
what do you see
a silent proxy
built of fire
fleeing through four dimensions
Yeah
I´ll be back
And when I come back this time
I´ll carry your bath water in my tin jar
suck diamonds from your pussy
as I drink from your crystal slipper
Unchanged by my illusion
I hope you carry me through your desert sands
See,
I´m nor you lover,
you can´t make me approach you with
handcuffs or possessions.
My circle is filled with wordsmiths
dream crafters and alchemists like Saul
or is he the apostle Paul?
there he is, walking through a Brooklyn mall
with a forty-foot mouth and eighty-foot arm span
Are you happy?, he asks
And what about that Moor
he moved toward her
she divided his soul into unwhole pieces
With an empty glass we follow Desdamona
shaking
we wait for her simple touch
you better love me back, mothafucka
who Cares moore about you?
In these circles I stay protected
rebuilding my heart like
fulfillment of Ka
my soul
reassembled like
humpty dumpty on organic mushrooms
You can do it baby!
What got done was the completion of the lunar eclipse
I tasted her lips
tickled her nipples with my spotted tongue
inviting me into paradise
I dive in both heads first
Have you ever been underwater with a fish?
right below Atlantis is a bordello they call
Liquid City
I ran for office twice
but only won in 69
I still have the keys to the city
I think I´ll melt them down
and braid you a molten necklace
with some iron feathers
so we can fly close to the sun
And when I come
your bed loses its sheets
water don´t shoot out of the tap
your TV don´t work
when I come
the mangoes are seasoned
I heard you saying love was a promise
and promises are meant to be exposed
for the bullshit they produce
therefore I set you loose
off into the distant plain
only to come up behind you again
wet silky ascension
leaving me nothing else
but this
long fleeting
illusion