Dance the Dalliance

1.

We’re living longer

but not happier;

holding on to the receipt

of the pillow

in case it gives you

the one dream

you don’t want to have.

We live in houses

but not homes.

2.

I sit on that hill

in the corner of the suburbs

the one by the stone bench

and pretend I’m somewhere

afloat.

3.

and if intimacy

has been ruined

by forces

out of your control

then you have reached

the event horizon

and must close your eyes.