Prohibition Love
Damn abstinence
Speak easy
I fill my cup with you
I was a blind tiger
In jungle rot gut
Growling when dry
Purring when wet
Tame the wild beast
Kisses like lullabies
Sleep is deep
When the hunt is over
Bellies stuffed with love
Slumbers in tall grass
Declaw
File down incisors
We play like kittens
With a yarn ball
Cat nip our days away
Predator desire doused
Temperance is over
Lift a glass
Make a toast
To contented cats
In mewing conversation
Deity of Losers
In waning light
Steel brush the rust
Of the hollow edifice
Admit nothing
Behind velvet curtains
Lick green, Kiss gold
Molest the flag in public
Wipe your soiled make up
With red, white and blue
Kneel to investments
Bray dime store morality
We sing revolt
Under blankets and bell jars
Flashlight
Barely audible protests
Outside
Our rooms of comfort
Old Photo
Family bar-b-que
You leaning forward
Hand against my back
I am smiling, natural
I hated photo posing
You made it easy
Bringing out the me
I was not ready to share
You were that kind of guy
A what-you-see- is-what-you get
Unhidden quirks and faults
Made you lovable
How I miss the days
Of get togethers, bar-b-ques
Fresh cold cuts and rolls
Penny Annie poker
With little gained or lost
Not a mean bone in your body
I was safe to be me
In this game of high stakes
Full of wars and lost limbs
Days I was light the pot
You despised wild cards
But you took the hand
You were given
Dealt comfort and kindness,
Pennies from heaven