To Jeffery: Always

We loved each other, once
And lived with each other, twice.

He went his way
I, for a time, went that same path.

He knows I have always loved him.

Now, older, he must know
I still love him.

And why not a few more, to get everyone in the mood--of LOVE

It is my hope that at least one person will appreciate my work. I have always hoped in this manner...and may someone along the way enjoy.

AUTUMN 1979

Piano.
Piano.
Blues in Chicago.
Love's touches
Travel through the wires.
I and you
one:separate.
Slowly.
Easily.
Piano in Chicago.

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UNTITLED

Fused
In our entireties
Conscious:unconscious
Taken beyond
To survive lonely nights
Together:apart
Melded flesh
Ecstacy consequential.

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OILS

Concerning the passion we have for each other:
We,
The interplay of values
Dark and light,
Brushed across Life's canvas
In quick strokes
Of our individual colors,
Occasionally blended/contrast/
Counterbalanced.
Like tubes,
We've been upon Life's shelf:
Jostled, squeezed, re-priced--
Until we touched
On the same palette
In that evening of color.

I, the blues/Prussian, cobalt, cerulean.
Space white between us.
Your umbres, siennas,
Even cadmiums
Complement me,
Setting us off to read well.
As we caress
I am reminded:

Oils,
When properly mixed,
Can defy the Ages.

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OILS AGAIN

I'm not in the middle
Just in between
Between these layers
Of Monet's marvelous scene.

I can be underwater
Or floating above
In sunlight or shade
Color-strokes of love.

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LATE AT NIGHT

Face to face
Full moon and me
Slow arc across the sky
Kind of like my life.

I rise and I set
As any other
Lonely in night skies
Though surrounded by stars.

Been there/did that.
Shall I now return
To this complex simplicity
Or again become a castaway?

Shall I weep
Or find a lover?
I ask the Moon serene.
There is no answer.

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JUST WAITING

Chimes chime
Passing away the time.

Passing away the time
Listening to wind/songs.

Listening to wind/songs
In between my thoughts.

In between my thoughts
Meandering everywhere.

Meandering everywhere
I want to feel.

I want to feel
Your arm around me.

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Give this couple their honeymoon! NOW!

Chicago Police Officer Densey Cole, and his wife, Mary.

Our love story:

On May 27, 2009, my fiancé Densey, a Chicago Police Officer, was paralyzed in a head-on collision while responding to a burglary call. He was in a coma for four weeks, but we were married in the hospital when he awoke.

Almost a year later, Densey grows stronger daily, but our lives are forever changed. With mounting medical bills, we can't think about our dream wedding on a beach in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

Densey has a machine that helps him stand for 30 minutes. To see him waiting for me, words cannot describe the feeling that would give me.

Vote for them here.

And do it NOW!