17 February 2014

similies for lost boys

"like me," he said shrill,
as the shards of yesterday
baked into a pumpkin pie
leftover from Halloween Jack
seen in the dim light
you left behind with your
face-book-friends and Isabella.

i can't remember the
last time we were this lost,
like the being found 
on the curb
clenching brown bag
white knuckles telling tales
with blood for you and your two faces.
in a heartbeat all their own.

"like them," i replied dull,
as life in a suburban town
faked into minted coins
leftover from pity's politic
so as now to this day;
i cannot reply 
to lost boys.
I have confounded
the word for that love;
like a summer picnic,
in the plaid and rain.
like a weekend revival,
and a tent torn wind.
like a majestic bird of prey,
being struck by a truck at the crossroads.