Optimistic Sensation #0028

I知 not good at this.1

I say as I follow you, half a street away, through the heavy canopy of urban umbrellas. I say as I stare, eyes avoidant beneath spiked lashes, at your shoes plodding through December puddles. I say as I breathe, sighs misted and cloudy, over the crowds gathered between us. I say as I long, thoughts breathy and shallow, for the sound of your voice, hot and sticky, against my ears.2

I知 not good at this.3

I say as I hear the shuffle of your soles, grim and leaden, over inverted Christmas lights. I say as I smell, humid aid rushing up my nostrils, the scent of the space between your pulse and collarbone over the musk of pollution. I say as I taste, tongue grinding over the roof of my mouth, salt tears laced atop acidic rain. I say as I feel, chest expanding painfully, the quickening strum of my heart against my ribs.4

I知 not good at this.5

I say as I run through faceless businessmen to your glowing image, all wrapped in cotton and down under the street lamps. I say as I reach, fingers slipping and desperate, for your soft palms, clutching shimmering gifts wrapped in foil. I say as I grasp, knuckles white and trembling, your shoulders in a severe embrace, my sobs rasping over your exposed skin.6

I知 not good at this.7

I say as I apologize into the backs of your ears, whispers faint like ghosts. I say as I ask, words tangled and muddy, for your gentle-smooth affections.8

I知 not good at this.9

I say as I realize.10

Realize that.11

All I really need is my.12

Love.13

Want.14

Need.15

For you.16

Author notes

I wrote this to a Japanese song that could possibly have been about love.  Or maybe about eating babies.

You can never be too sure with those wiley Japanese.

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  • anne
    October 12, 2005
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    aha! your author comments makes me laugh. but this write is freaking gorgeous...your imagery is some of my favourite that i have ever seen. i've still got spiked eyelashes and exposed skin stuck in my head. i love how your repetition of "i'm not good at this" and "i say" seems to stabilize the piece all into one thought and grounds me from escaping too far with your images. but seriously, this rocks.