our friendship
resides as
precious antiquity
a dusty trophy case
in southland park
with
all that exists
in an order
of natural hierarchy
we managed to link
together
for a moment
upon the chain of being
we found
ourselves
careless beasts
dedicated to
dependence
folded into
uncomplimentary
dysfunction
scala naturae
ens perfectissimum
professor
actor
student
ingenue
embroiled
in the latest
dramatic production
school of the
drowned-in-tears
and high gothic inclinations
we will always be looking
for the proper translation
take out your book
of etymology
seek me
love me
in the poetry
divine reciprocity
hung from purple ribbons
on an olive branch
we can exist here in words
without screaming
as it is impossible
to deny our nature