I have a gold heart,
I have a chocolate heart
but foilless, boxless
gold in gold out
squish
the most sublime gold goo
little valves, gold hollows
close & open
letting in the steam hot sludge
the kind of gold you need sunglasses for
what does an ounce of gold go for these days
or a lid of gold
an eighth of an ounce of my heart weighs the same as a ballpointpen
gold around the size of my small fist.
remember when you were wrapped around me?
well you should have put it all in
because then we could have said we'd done it
elbow deep
flush me out
vacate me,
inhabit me
you could have built a fire inside
set about with the world's pillows
take the draft out
shake out curtains
spit shine like glass
throw the mirrors in the fire
a tree grows through the kitchen floor, through the roof
wrap around that, get scaly
ponderosa splinters in your trying arms.
downcast your eyes,
do a tired tried falter
There is something to do with heart like that
submerge it
melt it
slice through shell
heat & drain
