Constant Craving: Gogyohka sequence

Constant Craving:  Gogyohka sequence

1.

No one,

I was alone.

Alone painting dusk

and dawn.

Hush lover, hush.

Whisper

when you’re distant

from the formula

of your conceited

pride.

2.

The visions return

without threads

or needles, only the echo 

of poetic voices—

my dead are restless

3.

tighten

the farewell sash. 

Night fog is over.

Lover, set aside garlands,

the rum and drums.

4.

Your legs

are wide open;

a night of unfinished

buses crashing

on a golf course.

5.

I close my eyes

frightened

of the empty beer cans,

packed

in that locked closet.

6.

Curl on my lips.

Hide from the world

in the voice of the wind.

Lengthen yourself 

in my daydreams.

7.

We were accidental tourists

caught in the conversation

of kisses,

pure harmony of arms

under the effects of a starry night.