to Baltimore

1.

We went on adventures,

scanned the sky for planets

and satellites, spent all our money

on ballgames and bourbon, ran too fast

too far and fell, drunk on endorphins,

into the lake after midnight.

2.

Let's play this game again.

Come with me to steal

the neighbors' flowers

in fat bouquets that smell

exactly like your

grandmother's backyard:

gardenia and hyacinth,

handfuls overflowing, tied

together with grapevine.

3.

Reeking of roses--dirt buried

in each wrinkle of skin, tip

of finger to bend of wrist--

tshirt sticking to my spine

from the weather, from the

high noon summer ride

to your house:

I stand in your living room

like it's years ago. Yesterday.

We remove each other's socks,

run barefoot into the front yard.

The neighbors' sprinklers go on

right about now.