Heaven's Ball

picture 2012 copyright, @aladreth

Heaven's Ball 
copyright @aladreth antoinette brown

"Women need a man to get over another man" - TEXT received
"I write and write and you never respond. Get your shit together" - TEXT received

Sunflower Sister,
Colorado River Daughter
woke up in a
strange bed
with a new tattoo
riding hot to her skin
in a fire landscape,

no little sleeping
in the desert
she's ripe to sacrifice

ruined in death
and lovely prisons
the wind winds around
            ... around

she's come back
praying at the Madonna
sucking on your fame

God love you and your name

you've come back
folded free and easy
ripped canvas kissing
shouting, playing, binging
and when I touch,
vibrate, fly, paisley bandana boy, fly

your face is all i see
at the moment of drop
                 box felony
sing your heart into the sea
we got old in between

now we bird watch,
yes, and cut (it) out
calendar pictures
for Alzheimer's patients

i calculated 2000 would never come,
then 2020... and certainly - when i'd
be _____ (fill in age)
never would come
... never

now who cares - after the
end of world party
at the wine cellar bar
where our gourmet pizza will be
delivered from the cafe
across the street

yes, it'll be Heaven's Ball