WHEN WILL WE DANCE

IN THE LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON

OF FOREVER?

** # @ 7-18-95 Hackham SA

SO MANY MORE BUBBLES

IN MY BUBBLE-FILLED BATH

THAN TIMES SPENT WITH YOU

BOTH MAKING ME FEEL

SO WARM AND MOIST

IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES.

7-02-95

I SWAM TO THE BOTTOM

OF MY BATH

IN SEARCH OF WISDOM

BUT ALL I FOUND

WERE MY FEET

ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO YOU.

7-02-95

SO GLAD YOU LIKED

WHAT I GAVE YOU

THOUGH I WAS SURPRISED TOO

WHEN THEY SAID

I COULD HAVE THE TAJ MAHAL

TO GIVE

MY GIRL-FRIEND.

7-02-95

IF THEY MAKE

LOVE-MAKING

AN OLYMPIC EVENT

WILL WE KEEP THE GOLD METAL

AT YOUR HOUSE

OR AT MINE

7-02-95

YUMM

I DON'T KNOW WHY

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FORWARD

TO TURNING 80

I'LL BE SUCH A GOOD LOVER BY THEN

KNOWING EACH THING TO DO AND SAY

TO MAKE YOU SWIM AMONGST DISTANT GALAXIES AND YOU'LL BE SO GOOD

AT MAKING PANCAKES

AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T NEED BIRTH CONTROL PILLS

OR MAKE-UP

PERFUME

CLOTHES

BECAUSE YOU'LL BE SWIMMING

AMONGST DISTANT GALAXIES

WHILE I FINISH

EATING MY PANCAKES.

7-02-95

I LOVED YOU AT THE RODEO

I LOVED YOU AT THE CIRCUS

I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU WERE AN ASTRONAUT

AND IN THAT BROADWAY PRODUCTION

AT THE OSCARS

AT THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

AND I LOVE YOU

WHEN WE TAKE A BREAK FROM FAME

AND SLEEP TOGETHER HERE IN THE GHETTO.

7-02-95

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WINTER

IS ALL THE LAYERS OF CLOTHES YOU WEAR

AND HOW

EACH LAYER

REMOVED

BRINGS ME CLOSER

TO THE TROPICAL SUN-DRENCHED RESORT OF YOU.

7-02-95

IT'S NO SECRET

THE SECRET OF MY SMILE

IS YOU.

7-02-95

THE REASON

I DIDN'T SEND IT TO YOU FOR YOUR NIGHT'S ENJOYMENT

WAS BECAUSE

I MIGHT NEED IT

DURING THE NIGHT

HERE

TO PEE WITH.

7-02-95

EVEN YOUR CAMERA

HAD A SATISFIED SMILE

AFTER TAKING PICTURES OF YOU

SITTING NAKED

ILLUMINATED ONLY

BY A SINGLE CANDLE

AND MY LOVE FOR YOU.

7-02-95

IF YOU WERE HERE

IN THE BATH WITH ME NOW

I WOULD SWIM TO YOUR SHORES

AS HIGH TIDE

COVERED

OUR NAKED BEAUTY

FROM ALL

THESE EROTIC BUBBLES

THAT REACH OUT TO KISS YOU

BUT UNLIKE ME

BREAK

BEFORE FEELING

YOUR RETURNING KISS.

7-02 95

WHEN YOU SEE ME ROCKING BACK AND FORTH

MY WORLD GOING A BIT FUZZY

WHEN I LOOK DIZZY

AS IF I'M IN A TIZZY

WHEN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD IS CLOSER

THAN YOUR HAND

DON'T CALL ME A CAB

DON'T HANG ME OUT TO DRY OUT ON THE CLOTHES LINE

DON'T TOSS ME OVERBOARD IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

DON'T LET ME DRIVE AN U.F.O. INTO THE HEAVENS

JUST LET ME MAKE LOVE TO YOU ALL NIGHT

WE WILL BE SOBER BY MORNING.

7-02 95

WE TOOK SEVERAL HOURS OUT OF THE DAY

ADDED THEM TO OUR NIGHT PLAY

AND FILLED THEM QUICKLY TOO

WITH ALL THAT WE COULD DO

IN SUCH A SHORT MATTER OF TIME.

7-02-95

WE WERE DOWN TO THE LAST CHOCOLATE COOKIE

IN THE LAST CHOCOLATE COOKIE PACK

AND ALL THAT YOU COULD SEE IN MY EYES

WAS THAT I WANTED YOU

MORE THAN THE LAST COOKIE IN THE LAST COOKIE PACK

SO WE GAVE IT TO THE DOG

AND IF EVER A SEQUEL SHALL BE HAD

TO SUCH A ROMANTIC MOMENT

I HOPE

THERE WILL BE TWO COOKIES LEFT

IN THE LAST COOKIE PACK

TO GO ALONG WITH THE LOOK IN MY EYES

SAYING I WANTED YOU

AND THE LAST COOKIE IN THE LAST COOKIE PACK TOO.

7-02-95

SOMETIMES WHEN I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU

HOLDING YOUR HAND

KISSING YOUR LIPS

LOOKING IN YOUR EYES

YOU SAY YOU THINK I AM NOT THERE

THAT I AM SORT OF ABSTRACTLY DECONSTRUCTED

OFF INTO SOME OTHER DIMENSION

DOING CARTWHEELS THROUGH A DISTANT DREAM

IMAGINING THAT I AM BROKEN UP INTO ATOMIC PARTICLES

FLOATING THROUGH A BLACK HOLE

PRETENDING THAT I AM ME

WHEN THE REAL ME IS SKIPPING ROPE

ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

I'M NOT THERE WITH YOU?

7-02-95

EACH KISS FROM YOU

LIKE EACH DIFFERENT SNOWFLAKE PATTERN

UNIQUE

IN THE WAY

IT MELTS

UPON MY LIPS.

7-02-95

BEFORE I LEARNED HOW TO ADD AND SUBTRACT

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY

TIMES I THOUGHT OF YOU [+]

AND HOW MANY TIMES I THOUGHT OF ANYTHING ELSE [-]

SO ALREADY

THE BENEFIT OF MY EDUCATION

I HAVE DEMONSTRATED.

7-02-95

IT IS SO EASY BEING A WOMAN

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS BAT AN EYELASH

FLASH A 'I'LL WANT YOU IF YOU WANT ME TOO' SMILE

SHOW SOME CLEAVAGE

RECITE A SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY OR TWO

WHISPER A FEW QUANTUM PHYSICS EQUATIONS INTO OUR EARS

AND ANY GUY WILL BECOME A

BEFUDDLED MUDDLED PUDDLE

AT YOUR SENSUALLY PAINTED LONG NAILED FINGERTIPS.

7-02-95

I LIKE DOING THINGS FOR YOU

SHOVELING THE SNOW OFF OF YOUR FOOTPATH

EVEN THOUGH YOU LIVE IN A TROPICAL PARADISE

MAKING CAKES AND PIES FOR YOU

EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE ON A DIET TO LOSE A THOUSAND POUNDS

CHAINING YOUR ARCHITECTURAL EX-HUSBAND TO OUR BUILDING PLANS FOR A BRAVE NEW WORLD

EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE VERY CONTENT TO LIVE IN THE SAND CASTLE I BUILT FOR YOU

AND IT SO GOOD TO SEE HOW THANKFUL YOU ARE

FOR ALL THAT I DO FOR YOU.

7-02-95

THE LAST TIME

AN U.F.O. CRASHED IN MY BACKYARD

I HAD TO CHASE AWAY

ALL THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

BECAUSE YOU WERE COMING OVER THAT NIGHT

AND NOTHING COMES SECOND TO YOU

WHEN I WON THE THE LOTTERY

I USED THE TICKET

TO LIGHT THE CANDLE

FOR US TO LOVE BY ALL NIGHT LONG

BECAUSE NOTHING COMES SECOND TO YOU

I COULDN'T LET THEM

HAVE MY POEMS I WROTE TO YOU

AT THE NOBLE PRIZE NOMINATIONAL DINNER

BECAUSE THEY ARE YOURS

AND NOTHING COMES SECOND TO YOU

I DON'T HAVE TIME

TO FINISH THE GRAND PRIX EVEN WHEN I'M LEADING

I QUIT IN THE THIRD ROUND OF MY WORLD HEAVY WEIGHT BOXING MATCH

I TURNED DOWN PRINCESS DI'S WEDDING PROPOSAL

AND THE ROLE OF GOD ON THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW

I WAS OFFERED THE UNIQUE SITUATION

OF DYING

AND REINCARNATING

AS ANOTHER MESSIAH

BUT ALL I WANT IS TO BE WITH YOU NOW

BECAUSE NOTHING COMES SECOND TO YOU.

7-02-95

THE YEAR IS HALF OVER

AND I HAVE THREE QUARTERS OF YOU

WITH THE OTHER HALF YEAR

LEFT TO LEARN

HOW TO HAVE

THE OTHER {

TO BE ONE WITH YOU.

7-02-95

I COULDN'T CHASE

YOU AROUND THE BEDROOM LAST NIGHT

BECAUSE THE DOG'S FLEAS

WERE HAVING A PROTEST MARCH

AND I COULDN'T SEE THEM

TO AVOID STEPPING ON THEM

AS I CHASED YOU

FROM HITHER TO THITHER

AND PART WAY

BACK AGAIN...

7-02-95

MY EYES HURT WHEN I CLOSE THEM

BUT I SEE YOU BETTER WHEN YOU ARE NOT HERE WHEN THEY ARE NOT OPEN

SO FOR A LITTLE IRRITATION

I CAN HAVE YOU IN FRONT OF ME ALL THE TIME

EVEN WHEN I AM DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAY

SWIMMING OUT TO SEA

PLAYING BASEBALL

AND WHILST SHOPPING FOR MY NEW SPRING WARDROBE

ALL THE TIME YOU AREN'T WITH ME I SEE YOU

AND NOT WHERE I AM GOING.

7-03-95

ONE SERVING OF THE ESSENCE OF YOU

MIXED WITH EACH DREAM

WAKES ME

IN GOOD SPIRITS

FOR SUCH A DAY AHEAD.

7-03-95

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POETRY I WRITE

TO YOU AND WHAT I WRITE TO ME

IS I PUT YOU

IN THE POEMS TO YOU

AND FOR ONES TO ME

I SPELL MY NAME BACKWARDS

LERRET

SO AS TO TRICK MYSELF

INTO READING THEM

AND BELIEVING THEY'RE TO SOMEONE ELSE

PLUS THE ONES I WRITE TO YOU

MAKE SENSE

ARE REALISTIC

ROMANTIC

UNHINGED

RED AND YELLOW WITH BLUE AND GREEN LINES DOWN THE SIDE

AND THE ONES TO ME

SERVE NO PRACTICAL PURPOSE

EXCEPT TO HELP ME ESCAPE FROM

LERRET

SO I CAN BE BACK

WITH ME

BEING WITH YOU.

7-03-95

WHEN ALL THE POEMS

ARE DEAD AND BURIED

THEN WAR WILL MAKE NO SENSE

AND WE'LL BE ABLE

TO ENJOY CANDLE-LIT DINNERS

OUT ON THE BATTLEFIELDS

WHERE ONCE POETS FOUGHT

METAPHORICAL BATTLES

THAT NO ONE COULD WIN.

7-03-95

I LIKE WATCHING FEMINISTS

IN THE LADY'S ROOM OF FANCY RESTAURANTS AT FOOTBALL STADIUMS

IN FRONT OF THE MIRRORS

PUTTING ON THEIR BRIGHT RED LIPSTICK

MADONNA PERFUME

MIXED WITH TESTOSTERONE

AND SHOVING LARGE WADS OF TOILET PAPER

DOWN THEIR BLOUSE

LIKE THEY ONCE DID IN SCHOOL

TO BE ASKED OUT TO THE PROM

(AND WHERE INNOCENT MALES FIRST PUT OUT THEIR HANDS TO TOUCH THESE

INVITING SWELLING BLOUSES ONLY TO BE BEATEN AND SUED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT)

AND THEY LICK THEIR BRIGHT RED LIPS AND WATCH

IN ENVY AS YOU WALK BY

WISHING TOO

THEY COULD HAVE A CUTE ASS LIKE YOU

SO THAT THEIR DATES

WOULD BUY THEM DESSERT TOO.

7-03-95

WALKING THROUGH TUNNELS

I KNOW YOU ARE IN HERE

I SENSE YOU

MAKING ME FEELING GOOD

SECURE

SAFE

SOMETIMES YOU ARE MY MOTHER

WATCHING ME FROM BEYOND THIS LIFE

SOMETIMES YOU ARE MY GIRL FRIEND

WATCHING ME THROUGH YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS FROM A NEIGHBORING SUBURB

SOMETIMES YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE GUARDIAN SPIRITS

THAT TICKLES ME WHEN I FEEL SAD

SOMETIMES

JUST MY IMAGINATION

A SHADOW IN MY DREAMS

THE MOON WHISPERING IN MY MIND

BUT WHOEVER YOU ARE AT THE TIME

WHEN I'M FEELING LOST IN MY TUNNELS

SHE IS THERE

LIKE SOMETIMES I'M THERE FOR HER

FOR MY MOTHER

FOR MY GIRL FRIEND

FOR MY SPIRIT

FOR THE MOON

FOR MY IMAGINATION

ALWAYS THERE SOMEWHERE HANGING OUT IN THE TUNNEL WITH ME.

7-04-95

IF YOU THINK TODAY WAS STRANGE

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN TOMORROW

BEFORE I PUT MY HAT ON

AND YOU SAW ME

NAKED

UNDER A FULL MOON.

7-04-95

I USE 10 PERCENT OF MY BRAIN

TO GET THROUGH MY DAY

AND 90 PERCENT OF MY BRAIN

THINKING ABOUT YOU

TO GET ME THROUGH MY LIFE.

7-04-95

I HELD MY PEN SIDEWAYS

AND SAW YOU SIT ON THE END OF IT

HELPING ME FORM THESE WORDS

'I LOVE YOU'

DID YOU WRITE THAT

OR DID I

AND WILL ARCHAEOLOGISTS

5000 YEARS FROM NOW

BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT WE MEAN

LIKE WE DO?

7-04-95

SEE IT IS THE FOURTH OF JULY

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

AND I WAIT WITH IN THIS FOREIGN COUNTRY

FOR YOU TO COME

WRAPPED NAKED BENEATH A FLAG

TO HELP ME

CELEBRATE

MY FREEDOM

OF INDEPENDENCE

IN YOU.

7-04-95

TELL ME WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR

AND I WILL CARVE IT IN ICE

AND WATCH IT MELT

LIKE I DO

AT YOUR FEET.

7-04-95

IF I HAD

A PARACHUTE

I WOULD HAVE LANDED

A LOT SOFTER

INTO YOUR LIFE

THAN THIS CRASHING

WOW!

HERE I AM

NICE TITS

WILL YOU HAVE BREAKFAST WITH ME

INTO YOUR LIFE.

7-04-95

SO MANY GALAXIES IN THE UNIVERSE

HOW DID WE EVER

END UP IN THE SAME ONE

AT THE SAME TIME

WITH THE SAME DESIRES

SO EASILY ANSWERED

BY ONE ANOTHER

HERE ON THIS SPECK

IN THE CORNER

OF THIS JUNIOR SIZE GALAXY

WE HAVE EACH OTHER IN.

7-04-95

NOW THAT YOU HAVE

DETERMINED I'M OH SO HUMAN

HOW WILL I

CONVINCE

YOU

I'M A GOD TOO?

7-04-95

I LIKE YOU

ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE

I LIKE YOU

AT THE TIP OF MY FINGERS

I LIKE YOU

NO MATTER WHERE YOUR KISSES FALL

LIKE WARM RAIN AT HARVEST TIME.

67-04-95

I WILL REMEMBER YOUR NAME BY LUNCH TIME - I THINK

EXCUSE ME

IF I FORGET YOUR NAME ONCE IN AWHILE

THAT WE'RE PAST OUR MID-FORTIES

THAT WE HAVE TEENAGERS

I LIKE TO PRETEND

WE JUST MET

ON THE SCHOOL YARD

IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

YOU ARE SIX YEARS OLD

I'M A BIG EIGHT

AND WE'RE SO EXCITED

WHEN WE FIRST KISS

IN THE CUBBY HOUSE

AT RECESS

I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME

IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

AND WE HAVE STILL

YET

NOT ONLY THE REST OF THE YEAR

BUT THE REST OF OUR LIFE

TO EXPLORE ONE ANOTHER

YET.

7-04-95

THE MORNING IS HALF-WAY OVER

I HAVEN'T YET

WRITTEN YOU A NOVEL

PERFORMED YOU A MOVIE

BOUGHT YOU A B.M.W.

BUILT YOU A CASTLE

MADE LOVE WITH YOU

BUT I DID WRITE YOU

THIS RIGHTEOUS RHYTHMICAL RHYMING RHAPSODICAL POEM.

7-04-95

I THOUGHT I WAS STILL IN ANOTHER LIFE-TIME

WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE ROSE GARDEN OF YOUR CASTLE

LIKE ANY GOOD KNIGHT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WAS UNDER MY ARMOUR

FOR A MOMENT AMONGST THE ROSES AND YOU I FORGOT ABOUT ALL OF LIFE'S BATTLES

RUDE AND UGLY KNIGHTS THAT NEEDED THEIR BUTTS KICKED

ALIEN U.F.O.s TO SEND OFF INTO A FUTURE AGE

OTHER SUITORS WHO WANTED YOUR ASS TOO

DRAGONS THAT NEEDED SILENCING

SEA SERPENTS TO VANQUISH

CARS THAT WON'T START

WITCHES TO HEX

AND JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO GET TO FIRST BASE AMONGST THE ROSES WITH YOU

I WAS JILTED BACK INTO NOW

WHEN MY CHILDREN YELLED OUT

'WHERE IS MY BREAKFAST?'

'WHERE IS MY SCHOOLBAG?'

'WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE STARING AT THE WALL?'

SO I PUT AWAY MY KNIGHT SUIT AND GO OFF INTO ANOTHER BATTLE WEARY DAY.

7-04-95

IF I DID NOT WRITE

SO MUCH TO YOU

ALL MY THOUGHTS

CARRIED OFF BY THE WIND

FOR EAGLES TO NEST IN

HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS

OF MY THOUGHTS.

7-04-95

WE ARE

SEXUAL FRIENDS ON A LOVER'S BUSINESS TRIP

POLITICALLY KISSING

WHILE WE MEDITATE

AT WAR

AGAINST NEGATIVITY

AND HIS RELATIVES

IN BED AT THE SHOPPING MALL

7-04-95

WE SHOULD EXPERIMENT

WITH DIFFERENT KISSES

IN DIFFERENT PLACES

AT DIFFERENT TIMES

ON EACH OTHER'S BODIES

EACH MORNING

AND EVERY NIGHT.

7-04-95

POWER FAILURE

YOUR LIGHTS ARE OFF

TELEVISION IS SILENT

THE MICROWAVE WAVES IN THE DARK

ON THE PHONE I CAN SEE YOU

NAKED IN THE DARK

ELECTRICITY OFF

I'M ON

LET US SEE IF I CAN STEER MY CARGO INTO PORT

IN THE DARK

GUIDED ONLY BY YOUR SIGHS.

7-04-95