CAROUSEL OF THE ZODIAC

– for Mina Loy

lover, i had a dream, looking for you
long through the oracle of delphi 

silent stones, an oracle without images,
no tarot journeys, just one-sided dreams 

i searched after the rains, its light dew
all warm, fuzzy, full of petrichor 

here, waves are tiny emeralds, clear rhinestones
washing up on shore, dreamy dust coating 

my eyelids, you are a spellbook i cannot read
i know the spells by heart 

i’m searching the world, i’m in your bed
sweaty with sex-skin-seeds 

open your mouth, i’ll trace my fingers there
spit up pearls, or find 

the elixir deep within my body, kiss my
back, and we can drink immortality right here 

lover, your hand is outstretched, waiting
my eyes open, i cannot reach it.