presupposed
Q Presupposed

Justification, emphasis, very great care
even in overheated exuberance and soft anticipation,
presupposed,
suggestion not needed,
even while, as always and forever, surely heeded.

Been there, babe,
with a window hammer-smashed
so I could freeze inside.
To stay warm is worth
a sprinkle of salty caution
even on smashed-glass wounds;
it does keep them clean.

Will you just let me sit
in your brand new, snazzy, swivel chair?
I do promise to turn
so you're in front of your walless window
and stare to see everything;
it's okay if your back is north,
my eyes are still strong enough,
I anticipate.

Yes, presupposed
to be certain, if we ever accomplish there,
the signals bouncing off the moon -
by the way, I see you looking and hear you listening,
why can't I reach to touch your face? -
pheromonicelectromagnetic telepathy or
whatever strange blue, red, white,
maybe orange or purple thrown in,
undulating topsy-turvy smoothness
or phantasmagorical light-speed-defying graininess
rules; willing.

Here's a chocolate-covered strawberry;
I've been saving it since I found it
where it had been waiting for you above the fog
on Tamalpais' peak;
I guess you missed it when you were there.

Yes, to be certain
our wall will remain
forever windowful;
and even during storms,
and dark nights half a world apart,
reading, writing,
at bow or stern for something,
we can look that way and see
right down through our eyes
into each other.

Yes, there is no question,
justification, emphasis, very great care,
presupposed;
let the red and hot hard, once lighted,
never stop burning.


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