The Speed of Sound

she speaks of reich speaking about porn
and then breaks into a child or animal's sounds

whereas i hypothesize my nose behind her ear
and we luminously gather anything that any star has left

can you watch us now, gathering speed?
like stanley kubrick, like the best athletes, like beethoven

like an asteroid just barely missing the sun
so getting shot back out even faster into the icy void

im taking a down escalator, somehow standing tall against the scourge
of invisible whips - coming down the escalator

she - passing in the opposite row, in dark
the object of predating male .... whatever

pass me a cup of tea, sit with me in some french quarter
let the world spin, let people work, let them toil

let them lie, and let us lay down