behooved
a grim retooling of the spirits
metabolic rot
clustered
for a stretch of years
around a force of pure love
skin with sin
the two undisectable
waving in the duration
of the vessel they inhabit
together
lessons branch out from
mistakes and maneuvers
garnered only from the limits
of a physical submersion
life expiring just a little more
with each moment
devoured
by the hungry mouth
of time
(Oct 20, 2003 125am)