When I haven't been kissed in a long time, I create civil disturbances, then insult the cops who show up, till one of them grabs me by the collar and hurls me up against the squad car, so I can remember, at least for a moment, what it's like to be touched.
Jeffrey McDanielI know itโs stupid to not own a gun yet have so many triggers, but in some other world gigantic seashells hold humans to their ears and listen to the echo of machines.
Jeffrey McDanielBut one kiss levitates above all the others. The intersection of function and desire. The I do kiss. The Iโll love you through a brick wall kiss. Even when Iโm dead, Iโll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.
Jeffrey McDanielI want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you. I want to ride in the swing of your hips. My fingers will dig in you like quotation marks, blazing your limbs into parts of speech.
Jeffrey McDanielWhen you were sleeping on the sofa I put my ear to your ear and listened to the echo of your dreams. That is the ocean I want to dive in, merge with the bright fish, plankton and pirate ships. I walk up to people on the street that kind of look like you and ask them the questions I would ask you. Can we sit on a rooftop and watch stars dissolve into smoke rising from a chimney? Can I swing like Tarzan in the jungle of your breathing? I donโt wish I was in your arms, I just wish I was peddling a bicycle toward your arms.
Jeffrey McDaniel