OMONIA
OPAL
Lift your eyelids
reveal the opals of your eyes
among the acacia trees
let me in to the hills behind your teeth
it keeps going upwards, upwards, upwards
lush are the woods
the mountains are asking your eyes to run far
into my marvel quarry night
where rocks are veined and soft
and skin is pure as night
it keeps going upwards, upwards, upwards
AGLOW
boy
I feel so honored
I have seen you sleep
at night you seem so open
if only I could lift your heavy lids
the shampoo bottle label is so dramatic
I could crumble
childhood water
give me the after shower power
golden globes
the solace of your leaves
nature’s power’s so overt
I want your fingers on my lips
I want eyes on my hips
I want to stroke your bowl cut hair
I want your fingers everywhere
future is a tower
I walk among the flickering women
I walk among the flowers
but your rose it is the lushest
the tragedy unfolded so dramatically
my heart it still stumbles
darling, won’t you remove your breast plate?
I feel frayed and I feel torn
mother of pearl
I’m in a porous state
in the dark his eyes are my flambeau
he’s my guiding light to follow
everywhere I go
boy I feel so honored
I have heard you whisper in my ear
but now I made you disappear
I fear I’m going to whither
for your blood and shadows
my mind is all aglow
we stretch summer in Rome
resting our eyes on the domes
a whole body on five toes
kiss beneath the pines
marble boy be mine
house plants
NACRE
still you exist in the movements of my body
and your sweater on a hanger
is like a ghost on the wall
I remember
there was a ferry
and an island
we were getting nearer
to the island
now in my dreams
I protect myself from you
in evacuation shelters
the radio
the oranges
I’d rather be a baby
than a sitter
I want to be held in your arms
cover me in your mind’s broken laces
we stretch summer in Rome
resting our eyes on the domes
a whole body on five toes
SEA SHELL
your password is
"outside"
my password is
"the one for you"
the book that we read aloud
was stolen in the alley
cotton cotton cotton pillow
soft against your skin
cotton cotton cotton pillow
very softly
my sea shell baby
ARMOR
darling, you
you should be the one
to hold my head up high
but your armor
your leaden armor
hangs so heavy on your shoulders
sometimes you
confuse me with a soldier
but I’m your lover
I have told you
when I come near you
I do it to remove
the splinters from your
wounded chest
you and me
me and you
my hands are soaked in glue
but you have got
scissor hands
your heart is tied
with rubber bands
GIRLS
I run away from home
because you make me feel like a bad copy
of all the girls you’ve ever known
leave me to my nursery room
I’m only a girl
I’m too fragile to survive your pearl bullets
I better wear a flack jacket under my skin
built up a protection wall within
why should I stay?
when I already know the end of the road?
well, it depends
it depends
so give me a reason to pull down my fences again
ROME
I share a glass of water with my house plants
we’re keeping each other alive
I can’t believe it is the same moon
I didn’t think we’d have to strive
I didn’t realise I was in danger
but you turned out to be a stranger
I didn’t realise I was in danger
but you turned out to be a stranger
we stretch summer in Rome
resting our eyes on the domes
a whole body on five toes
ARISTOKRAT
my trees
can’t hold on
to their leaves
anymore
my branches
are bristling
in all directions
my trees
can’t hold on
to their leaves
anymore
my branches
are bristling
in all
