RELATIONSHIP Poem: between us, by Thomas Pate

let’s meet somewhere outside of time and space
in the oxygen of silver hair streaming from moss
in the rape between the linens of dream and pretend
in the bottom if an ice cube’s beating chest
between the cackling of the witch fire in the city square
between brunch and lunch
between the conversations we have at dinner and dessert
between brunch and lunner and a snack somewhere between the cracks between breaks
in the supply closet at a local gym under a tower of shaven rags between breaks
on the ink of sticky notes on the backroom microwave under a tower of shaven rags
in the peels of grapes sinking off silver hair streaming from moss streaming oxygen
on the path to redemption deep inside our shoes
between the soles of our shoes deeply set on the path to redemption
in the winter air, warm and clear, blasting through our windows
a hurricane
a forgotten hurricane
a hurricane forgot to rain today
in between the rape on the linens of dream and pretend
let’s meet here
on a boat cast off by fire and sadness
Nothing eats well the space and time between us

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