DESIRE

poured into limbre boredom
slippery as clever fox freedom
flip with a careful fingers
the tease of long fresh hair

excaped the drama of a home
not quite a house
the perplexity of a dream
seeped into an urge

the hunting prowl
in the hallowed hall of a mall
t-shirts and books
and hungry looks

winter in its rule
cold pressed and drawn
the new uniform of
revelation and cover
rouge cheeks by north winds
fresh eyes by excitements
challenge

not tired like the revellers whom
stayed too long at the bowl
or line

or those pressed in service
for others doing time

freedom unclaimed
unchained
no bills to wage
no kids to page
a twilight
of earnest wander
on limbed legs
not burdened
or repressed

no puppets whose
idle strings are pulled
but raw beauty
come to play