Eventuality

Eventuality You can call it gossipor we can call it truth Either way I saw the black cat in the windowthe curtain draped over its backand beyond its form I could see Annalying in bed with the light onreadingas I strolled by on my night walk— and I knew something she didn’t And earlier I

Eros, a Theory

Maybe loveat its bestis merely a wishfull of every hopeand possibilitythat can be containedwithin a heart—and to attach itto voiceto nearnessto touchis to destroy its puritywith needwith boredomwith expectationsthat can never pleaselike our imagination. DeMaris4-30-2021 “Resting” by Antonio Mancini, 1887

Offering

I offer you boredom every single day. I offer you mornings without plans afternoons without excitement. I offer you dinner from the freezer, silence during the movies we will watch on the gray couch before we go to bed— where I will offer you everything. I promise you long stretches of time that pass so

Liability

If you follow me off this cliff into madness into the mess of something that only feels like love out of curiosity or loneliness or boredom I won’t catch you— I won’t even try to break your fall. DeMaris 12-24-16   Liability (Version 2 – can’t decide which is best) If out of curiosity or

Hypothetical Emergency

Turn around. Go back. Rewind the tape and edit everything you said to make it sound just right. It’s what you’d do if you didn’t have so many other things you needed to accomplish— like going to sleep and waking up or taking a long hot bath or finishing off the strawberry ice cream that