matthew gordon.


 

overlap

authentic mischief,
and difficult matching,
produce constant, expanding dividers-

patterned
in a disappearing room
we couldn’t get along without-

a non-absorbed, spilling glass,
creates a recessed resemblance,
to a brief experience of slide-in conveniences.

 

 

corresponding distortion

his consideration for her,
didn’t turn her.

he was arrogant and unbending- with a spade
from past experience.

“do you believe the correspondence of tomorrow?”

she put some space on his hard thighs,
and lunged at his question- still not crying
she answered,
“you never stray from too close.”

but she betrayed her own voice,
she wanted him too- performance parts
getting closer-

take the suggestion.

she pulled away,
and hurried out of order before speaking again.
could she really trust a happy home?

“she was almost you again.”

after he finished shouting,
she started to stretch.

suddenly, the hot day across her shoulders…

he had delayed looking.

 

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Matthew Gordon lives and walks in San Francisco.