Night Toucher

I saw you crawling

Here and there

Amongst the graves of man...

I called you back...

Your face was rare...

The blood from my veins ran...

A parasite with cup

Shaped mouth!...

A man with insect eyes!...

You wore a penetrating gaze...

That tripped all

Wires inside...

Both bulbs upon your

Puckered face

Held static left and right...

I felt that I'd

Fallen asleep,

And woke up in a fright...

...And sure enough,

Right there I was with

Cold remote in hand...

I lay upon my bloated couch...

An exile from

Far off lands...

The TV stared me down

So bright...

I felt it's toxic touch...

I'd fallen hostage overnight

Like some

Anemic lush...

Just where were you,

My windblown heart...

My star-eyed, lone wolf girl?...

You left me tossed

Down in the dirt...

My corkscrewed mind unfurled...

I lost my license to survive...

I drifted over waves...

Upon a stormy baleful sea...

I struggled on for days...

When oil clouds and tempest cleared

I came out with resolve...

...Now here I am,

On my two feet!...

I walk with sailor's gait...

And if I cross you

On the street you'll

Come to know your fate.

7/7/24

Bunny Villaire