But 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 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 McDanielI want to whisper poetry into your mind and imprint love letters to your soul and dance with you in an empty white room of potential
Jeffrey McDanielNo rescue boat can save the touches I left bobbing in the wild ocean of your flesh, but if they cut open your heart, like the belly of a shark, dumped its contents on a tableโwould there be any trace of me?
Jeffrey McDanielEven when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.
Jeffrey McDanielWe didnโt deny the obvious, but we didnโt entirely accept it either. I mean, we said hello to it each morning in the foyer. We patted its little head as it made a mess in the backyard, but we never nurtured it. Many nights the obvious showed up at our bedroom door, in its pajamas, unable to sleep, in need of a hug, and we just stared at it like an Armenian, or even worseโ hid beneath the covers and pretended not to hear its tiny sobs.
Jeffrey McDaniel