make good neighbours

i snuck into your yard
and redded my mouth
with last spring’s
pomegranates;

the seeds came up
after the snow faded
back into the eaves
&

we negotiated
a truce,

the excruciating
pauses
in the name
;

(h a d e s)

who knew love
could be like this

a gate into the sea

(both horn
and ivory) ?

who knew
in one thing dying,
           a gap

make good neighbours

one thing
                       and then
bright auroras,
           (the sea,
lapping)

another?