Please remember me
happily
By the rosebush laughing
With bruises on my chin
the time when
we counted every
black car passing
your house
beneath the hill
and up until
Someone caught us
in the kitchen
with maps
a mountain range
a piggy bank
A vision
too removed to mention
But please
remember me
Fondly
I heard from someone
you're still pretty
And then
they went on to say
that the Pearly Gates
had some eloquent graffiti
Like we'll
meet again
And fuck the man
And tell my mother
not to worry
and the angels
with their great
handshakes
Will always done
in such a hurry
And please
remember me
at Halloween
Making fools
of all the neighbours
Our faces painted white
by midnight
We forgotten one another
And when
the morning came
I was ashamed
Only now it seems so silly
The season left the world
and then returned
And now you're lit up
by the city
So please
remember me
mistakenly
In the window of
the tallest tower
Calling passers-by
but much too high
To see the empty road
at happy hour
Gleam and resonate
just like the gates
Around the holy kingdom
with words
like lost and found
and don't look down
And someone
save temptation
And please
remember me
as in the dream
We had as
rug-burned babies
Among the fallen trees
and fast asleep
Beside the lions
and the ladies
That called
you what you like
and even might
Give a gift for
your behavior
A fleeting chance to see
a trapeze
swinger high as any savior
But please
remember me
my misery
And how it lost me
all I wanted
Those dogs
that love the rain
and chasing trains
The colored birds above
their running
in circles around the well
and where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter
So bright on cinder gray
in spray paint
Who the hell can see forever
And please
remember me
seldomly
In the car
behind the carnival
My hand
between your knees
you turned from me
And said The trapeze act
was wonderful
But never meant to last
the clown that passed
Saw me just come up
with anger
When it filled
with circus dogs
the parking lot
had an element of danger
So please
remember me
finally
And all my uphill clawing
My dear
but if I make
the pearly gates
I'll do my best
to make a drawing
of God
and Lucifer
a boy and girl
An angel kissing
on a sinner
A monkey and a man
a marching band
All around a frightened
trapeze swinger
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