Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Tour Guide


Immunity to the sulfur smell was inevitable –
Standing next to an Adonis –
His hair rich, thick molasses like the furniture
Syrup guaranteed to make my
Mahogany and
Cherry glisten

I could see 
In Santorini – He was a REAL Greek and I
Was a REAL overweight American – Eyes
Sleep-deprived as a condemned circus closes
Down
Or
Maybe a couple of orbs in Chernobyl

He whispered
This is the place that destroyed Atlantis
Did more than destroyed –
Yes
This pumice
Ruined her like sex
In the Aegean after a back-home boyfriend

Springtime slid easily into the hot
Dry Cycladic summer and the volcano is
Still
I am gone – searching for other gods –
Satisfied there is no punctuation at Easter

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