The Very Old Man

It's eerie
and it's awesome
how connected
two pods
scattered on the surface
can become

lazy into one

He knows lightning kills the other
she can't stand to watch his petals fall
it's better when cascades
become like us all

Afternoon
a golden
disengagement
leaves a woman
with a household
left to fill

Sit
and be still

send the voltage cross his ticker
watch the stars
they start to flicker
and one by one
levels fall

Another drink my love
and make it
tall enough
so I
can stand on it
and see

all you've done for me

A world of curves and lines electric
remember how you strung the colored lights
from Christmas tree
to me