sense of direction

[female voice]
Severed from you my theatrical darling
I have a good sense of direction I think
to and from        here and there
to a direction     here comes
from a time        there goes.

[male voice]
She got up in the morning in the east blinking
had to get to work while it was still dark
transporting     inclining
don't ask          her too much
no insinuation    only an instant.

[female voice]
By the time lunch came around sun in the south
the whole island every species radiant
French shutters    galloping
Indian hill             a secret
peeking in            tossed aside.

[male voice]
Racing west making a dash as the sun went down
blistered the strangers wanted so much more
more horizon      more nursing
more contrast    between too long
and cut like       warm bread.

[female voice]
Middle of the night north as an empty church
indigo continuum you have to stop to breathe
there somewhere     a tarred star
trampled                 to the eye
don't deny               me my ever.

[male voice]
Severed from you my theatrical darling
I have a good sense of direction I think
to and from       here and there
to a direction     here comes
from a time        there goes.

7 July 2009
Sandwich, Mass