When My Cunt Stopped Living
(after the digital print by Louise Bourgeois
in the Do Not Abandon Me Series)
It stopped, I stopped
the maddening flow
it dropped old petals
from a dying rose
I held you in my arms
your fingers touched
my lips
and I was numb
nor could I speak
the usual words
made silent
by your fingertips
it died, withered green
In the garden of my hopes
came winter
passion’s fall
the end of it
that gave me life
and gave me you
in our heat of youth.
I Held Your Sperm and Cried
(after the digital print by Louise Bourgeois)
Within me
like a million worlds
waiting to be born
I held them all
the issue of that night
like galaxies
inside my skin explode
between my heart
and mind
the two of us
between each other’s thighs
made a universe
I held them tight
and felt them grow—
I cried that they
should ever live
in such a world as ours.
Come Unto Me
(after the digital drawing by Louise Bourgeois
in the DO NOT ABANDON ME SERIES)
Come unto me
again and again and again
into me
with your nails
scratching profanities
and heart-shaped words
upon my back
through the thin bark of my will
your wait and mine
are older than the sun—
stay this night with me
to see once more
our moment come
like Venus rising
in the morning sky
to fold us in her arms
and make us one.