the business of love is but a simple business

THE BUSINESS OF LOVE IS BUT A SIMPLE BUSINESS


- To Dr. J E S

Love is the force that drives
Sisyphean attempts
At remaking life

The promise that blinds and gives yet credibility
To utter dreams
The water that drowned
Leander, the rabbit hole that lured
Alice

Love is fury
Polished

Love is success
Unmade. Is the bubbling Liquid
That preceded Matter
Love is the Tree
The Flower
The Leaf

Love is the well of light that holds the attention
To the page
The blood that trickles through the skin
The pen that writes
The sword that inquires

Love is the child that cries
The hand that clutches
The shoes that walk

Love is the traffic
Nasty
In the city
The sidewalk of memories
The arteries
Of hate

Love is
A certain question
Lived for
Day after day

Unasked.

And the business of love is
As we are
A simple business.

XD
Fayetteville, 1975