I sharpened my mind
On other peoples
Tongues

Their words etched
Day and moon
into my months

Until I could see
With my heart
Through the clear blood
Of time

I sharpened my mind
On other tongues
Until they were mine

I licked the words
Off my fear
So I could hear

Once the words
Leave the
Mind

Streaming Into the corners
Of your body
Where they turn Into
my love for you.


13 November, the sky above Los Angeles