He parses ecstasy,
clutters delight with periodic stops,
elucidates the joyful syntax of romantic fusion,
punctuated by high expectations.
His grammar is precise
as he diagrams in pluperfect tense,
corrects love's fragmented sentences,
dissembles
the heart of the matter
(in passive voice, of course).
While searching for sub textual synonyms,
nose stuck in Webster,
his beloved splits for infinity
with a grocer bearing roses.

Pris Campbell
(c)2001

Art: Watersnakes by Klimt
Music: Andante by Mozart

 

Published in the Winter 2008 issue of Wild Goose Review

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Thanks to Doug, whose poem
inspired this one.