I kissed her with my eyes
She kissed back
Our exchange sustained
In the space between us
The distance narrowed
To arm’s length
I opened my mouth
Words fell out
Popping as they hit the ground
She said something too
That felt like a lasso
Tightening around my neck
We should have left it at a kiss
I envy this quite hour
This time away from attention
And questions and those in need of me
I envy the cough
That finds room to echo
And the calm and the time to do things
I envy this quite hour
Where thoughts can be completed
Where breath can be remembered
Where the noise is in the distance
Far away
The sun has melted
It moves now like lava
In a lava lamp through space
Earth and its inhabitants
Are subject to a trillion
Variations of light
Noon has a strobe effect
Good for trance parties
Bad for the epileptics
It is beautiful though
To watch the sun morph
Into endless globular forms
And bounce off worlds
Like a shape-shifting pinball
In this universal arcade