you have to work yourself up
and up into a lather
it's the lather lathe
the liquor lacquer over hours, years,
a lifetime lather liquid
cream bubble blunder
all over
over everything
with self disclosure the
oblique obscure where it feels okay
okay, so i'm thinking i'm
just hinting i'm
hinting at with words and strings
my vibrato with attitude
is soft and gentle and slow
it's there
that long time practice of joints commiserate
and angles morts
you can't get there with hand cream
that's for sure
other things said
late in the day
the white pepper
throw off the symbols of the past season
and leave them by, not too far