good friday

friday light
falls early
wakes
with enthusiasm
dresses
in its tightest jeans
readies itself
for the mysteries
of saturdays
turning into sundays
of endless bliss
or
calls
in the business
of the weekend
if we have done it wrong
forgotten
what fridays are for
deeepeeeeeeeeening
in mysteries
that take days to
recover
from
and for
fridays
good fridays, especially
always allow for something
to get nailed up
and die completely
so that resurrection
in the coming sundays
brings a joyful noise

fishing horse

she comes to me
says "mommy, i've decided."
"volleyball will be my sport."
"fishing will be my hobby."
she makes the fish she's
going to catch
big
wide arms
to indicate the length
says, "it will save daddy all
that money he spends at the
asian supermarket."
goes
googles the rod and reel
the fishing license
the boat rental
the perfect place
next to the perfect
fishing
hole
to stay at
worms
presents me with the bill
sums and totals up
all we are going to save
daddy
in pursuit
of this
big
fish
hobby

trojan horse
of wonder

daughter
spinning
sunlight
off water
glazing
yes
in her
daughter love

this
is
joy

for you

the one who gets the worst of me
on a regular basis
and the mixed signals
and the strange, un-voiced requests
that leave you ever guessing
every wondering
what it is i
REALLY
want
you
you
you
and all that has issued from my love
for you
and your love
for me
that continuously renews itself
despite the conversational utterances
of desperation and insecurity
raging hormones and lonely planets
orbiting the dark side
for the long moons
of an eternal seeming time
you
you
you
you
your forgiveness
your careful editing of bad behavior
your precious clinging
to a truer truth
beyond the fear
of words
so easy to say
and never mean
the meanness
they imply
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
and every single moment
of every single day
since i met you
and we became us
and us expanded the love
that crossed continents
and bound a white girl from kansas
and an african prince from oguta
together
for eternities
of time
that doesn't matter
you
and me
you
and me
us and we
he and she
ours and ours
now
thirteen years together
in an unfolding eternity
of love


i love you


happy anniversary.