Love can soothe the most terrible beast
in me or miles away,
it is the God of a thousand names
listening still as frozen water
not called upon—
blurred in my back pocket
with your likeness
what can I say other than this
your wayward companion
years in a desperate making
in competition with your excellence
I fear to show
–LM
my blood, I can’t stand your pain
the devastation is category five
& every wall is broken
take good care of my bleeding heart
water it incessantly
it is the only thing of value
I have to give
–LM
expiscate me
& discover a lovely dark vault
where you make home
home for me
I would buy everything @ your yard sale
zip by and shut down
your nuclear site
then invade your planet
love seems a lacking
adjective
obsessed is more
true
to life
–LM
nowadays people have the attention span of hamsters & my work might not be what they want but just might be what they need I try to douse you in info gasoline & when I light it the flames are marvelous don’t you think
sometimes I don’t even have a point sometimes we’ve learned something together I just want company someone keep me company
the dolly you see you might want to protect until you take her out of the box & then she’s tarnished as soon as
& then she’s a ragdoll
who fucked up and gave Raggedy Ann a soul
–LM
I wish like hell sometimes I was on drugs
I wish like hell sometimes they weren’t
maintenance
so go ahead and call me high,
like PawPaw said but I’m waving @ you
I know I’m a handful
and you’ll need a handful
but it’s all good, I can carry your weight
in fact I much prefer it these days
& that goes without saying
how familiar this horizon appears,
like an archway in a painting
of the house of your dreams,
the one I’d be blissful to give,
Nearly, my God;
–LM
I’ve been protected like a nuclear weapon
because the mess I can create
is no different
than
one
when it
d r o p s
I cannot contain the smile on my face
because I’m relying on your fixation
these treasures I’ve unearthed
are legendary, you’re legendary
& our gift/ it’s all divine timing
it’s never been about my ego
I’m still trying to understand this myself
but I need your help
I think together
we can alter the rotation
–LM
Shall I
shall I
shall I
be afraid
of you
what pause do I take now
on these abandoned tracks
carved in my arms with glass
this silver rediscovered
against my navel
what fear_______________
as my brain codes
I famously
flirt aimlessly
with cardinal sin
what fear and astonishment I take
here & now
–LM
there’s a system update on the horizon
where the only thing I’m ever waiting for
is the chime of angels
to remind me you’re there
what we have could be visible
from space
& the discovery is so profound
I don’t care if I can’t breathe up here
we’ll transcend the laws
of nature
–LM
I feel I am either
not reality testing
[the world is re-rendering
shape-shifting]
improperly, often
& the words on double take
never read the same
you were an intrigue
of my dream state
something summoned
something unlocked
& I loved your silhouette for years
without a guess
You actually existed
–LM
Unpacking instruments
of the soul is trepidatious
@ best. But_______
peace comes naturally
where you are.
I’m a pair of stockings with runs|
nearly calf to knee|
a stream of pale skin in a Stygian alcove
running braindamaGed&delicate
I like to imagine
we star A-list in each other’s movies &
our lovers’ arc is rediscovering seconds, minutes, details,
within a colorless bloom of solicitude.
–LM
[Time exists only before and after you & the prologue is oh-so-long.]
The Lexicon 
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