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Lake Pyramid's Secret (Free verse) by Bachus
Playing hooky from school in Reno
It's a hell of a haul to get out there,
but worth the schlep.
Because, behind those pyramids
bubble the hot springs. Where
local college sororities
do 'most' of their 'specialized' rituals
amidst those steaming pools & and sulphur
coated shrubs, rocks, and bird's-nests.
We would pass off that we were
local boys (My friend Tony was Indian),
and though only in
7th.
grade.
We all had very clear ideas
about what we were doing there.
Getting familiar with Eve.
Watching, waiting, learning.
I have never fallen in love
so repeatedly any-where else,
since, but I have loved
some of the best, and
all of the worst
Instincually
accident
prone.
I guess I'm
afraid to be alone.
A few times I got
lucky out there. A very
lustfully arousing young
lady would insist I cop a
feel, and I felt, and I felt,
until I discovered that place.
Between everything,
To climb back into.
When I could not deal
with whatever I imagined
was worth escaping.
Pandora's box
is sideless.
I imagined too much.
I wonder now,
where I am,
as I sit.
If maybe, I
could go back
there and drown-
rinse-burn that
familiarity
off of me,
once,
and
for
all.
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