Love Poem: Marching Band

Marching Band

Almost four-o-clock in the afternoon
and not a single tambourine in sight

you should have jumped over the moon
hours ago, until

secret alien creatures on the surface
said the autopsy was inconclusive

which explains for me why 

icicles drip from your heart, as the sun
warms the memory of your embrace, like

moonflowers, gently unfolding at night
reveal the mysteries of love 

the bandleader, wearing a feathered pompadour
signals a final formation

somewhere in time
your tune marches into the distance

                             marches

                                           .......into the distance


01/02/11