cat people
lonely means
spaces dark and wonderful
spaces dark and wonderful
paths apart from
underfunded you
lonely means
a cat with eyes so blue
snaking round the corners
of your heart
when a kiss goodnight
holds everything in its grasp
until you find me
out of reach
like a stingless wasp
lonely means
the music that I understand
poetry of a mindful land
where sentiment
has not forgotten
hail still crushes streets
of Manhattan
oligarchs are so uncertain
when the question
bends the endgame
when the first thing
leads to something
alone and uncertain
the cat lifts its head
like a regal curtain
this is you
your stage
that unending dissertation
of all that has failed you
i am mindful of the
great exertion
pay heed and retreat
like my wounds and repeat
lonely means
spaces dark and wonderful
spaces dark and wonderful
paths we tread
together toward extinct
i am yours
you are mine
until the near end of time
in spaces dark and wonderful
you are mine
i am yours
forever divine
