guilty as charged

do you remember
               when you smiled
     at my
     clever?

all feigned disbelief
     and pointed
intention

suspended there
     we were

          initial
          substantial
          consequential

almost laugh

 tucked
      just so
          behind your ear

i knew

          because
     i always could 
smell 
          complicit

no one     
     ever embraced
tacit
     like the arms 
                         of our

collusion

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Your style, form, and brevity get me. Brilliant.

[ChemicalMadness]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed....
CM.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like the line penny pointed out as my favorite...there is a texture to your work that is so different from others...you are one voice that stands out, always...

"because i always could smell complicit" and reading your words i feel this sense of "collusion" with another poet.
'do you remember when you smiled at my clever?
love the use of clever as a noun...

[ChemicalMadness]

Thanks,'Jacob.
CM.

[just Penny]

There's a nice bond here with someone. I do believe that intimacy begins first with the mind. My fave line has to be "no-one ever embraced tacit like the arms of our collusion" - I love this. Penny

[ChemicalMadness]

Thank you, Penny. I was just trying to put my finger on something here...it danced around a bit
read moreThank you, Penny. I was just trying to put my finger on something here...it danced around a bit

CM.