Half the plane is wearing IU T-shirts
Out of respect for the team & disrespect
For winter. The distinguishing features
Of the greying landscape cannot detect
Me any better than I can them. Rivers,
Lakes, & those weedy ponds take exception:
They reflect the gasping sky as my verse
With its shaky images makes my perception
Feel more sure. Your confession took guts,
Liv, & tied mine in a knot. A transfer of
Power. The flight attendant: Pretzels? Nuts?
I think I might be nuts when I order love.
I’m so close to heaven, all this blue,
& my lips forty years from kissing you.
