“Couple #11”

Originally Posted: April 30th, 2012
Updated: January 4th, 2020

Now that I’m back home, I can upload the rest of the couples series I wrote for National Poetry Month. I’m not sure if I should continue taking pictures of the poems, or just scan them into the computer. Which image style do you think is best? Here’s an example of a scanned poem, and here’s an example of a photographed poem. Would love your opinions! Thanks 🙂

Anyway, here’s couple #11–

“Couple #11”

this ain’t sand
we’re stepping on, but pebbles
polished stone, our bodies warmed
by fires inside

thank you, vodka
and pineapples

we hold hands on the brim
of perlite sea foam
and obsidian waters
absorbing the glare
from adhd stars

let’s reset
our dna. mix-match
molecules, redo chromosomes.
let’s fall asleep
like brothers do–
slip off your trunks and sink
into the warmth with me

• billimarie