we are following the bends
so slowly, with easy expertise
we are falling & flying & drowning
with every atom of persistence.

"forever & always ", we will cry into the dark hallway of trees & bush & bustle & foxes that go slinking past my headlights.

put away your skirts, your petticoats
& the rainboots that never saw a mud-less afternoon.
make it a double, a triple & we will keep our senses alive by a slither of light.
by the door.
on the carpet, all ragged & red.

forever. always.