you know
when you are
sitting there in erin*land
and i am across from you
and i am just trying to keep up
with the heat that is floating in
obscure and esoteric directions
like an envelope
with a poem
a poem for you that
is tossed in the air
and lands
on the mantle
of the fire place
in that case
pretend this is an ornament
and the tree that it resides in
is home until
you hold me again