with deft caress we talk with peppermint breath we cuddle and we stretch every weekend and matine save for father s day when you close your eyes and rest your head on my head you clutch yourself anywhere every timid vowel will break as we break bread you ve cut your teeth while i ve been growing my hair we share the rooms we share with shifting muscle and cards from union square my feet might sink into the soil and bay but we still make our way through morning coffee and days and weather days we commute in a soft embrace on the days when you are feeling better and we can ride on the eastern lines on the days when you are feeling sad we ll settle on the hill with books and bills unbuckling your mother s coop with sails and rope with hope imperial i threw myself across the bridges and bays in promise and in praise in sudden clarity face to fuller face i dreamt you fell into the bubbly waves and when i woke i lay in ribbons cotton and yards of paper cheese but we commute in a soft embrace on the days when you are feeling better and we can ride on the eastern lines on the days when you are feeling sad we ll settle on the hill with books and bills unbuckling your mother s coop with sails and rope with hope imperial