Poem for an Imaginary Person

I feel so lucky
Today alone
But full of love
I dreamed
About you
Last night
I dreamed
About sleeping
With you
My arm draped
Over you
And you
Holding onto it
Cradling my arm
Like a baby
Protecting it
Pressing your face
Against my fingers
To breathe
Me in
To smile in
Your sleep
And I was
Overwhelmed
With a feeling
Of kindness
And completeness
And I woke
Up feeling lucky
To have this
Feeling
Alone but full
And you
Somewhere
Out there
Breathing
Beautiful

Goodnight

The night flows with birds
This ragged moon
Seeks stars
With desperate
Certainty a mother
Seeking her lost
Children but
Wracked by wind
Whipped clouds
In Minneapolis sky
A tree dreams
Slow cold tree dreams
Patient and groggy
And I
Stand in the snow
Drunken snow
Coveted
Yelling poems
At my neighbors
Sleepy houses

Not dumb enough

I'm not chicken
I'm full of
Tremendous
Smiling with
Each and every
Loss
Alienated
Delineated
I lose everything
Constantly
And I'll lose
It again
Till I win
Because love
Is like that
And I'll only
Ever truly love
One person
Her smell
Her laugh
And sure I'm
Dumb as a mountain
Of hammers
But someday
I won't be
And maybe in
The next life
I'll be happier
Than this one
If we get another one
But I'm not dumb
Enough to believe
That sadly

I Feel Electricity

I feel electricity
Sometimes
My car door opens
Hiii
And I smell a smell
And torn from me
And hey how are you
All right
I feel alive sometimes
And laughing
Sipping beer
Or sake
And a twisted smile
Two twisted smiles
And shaking
Fingers
And calmness
And the taste
Of cigarettes
I didn't smoke
And tenderness
Engulf my soul