on a cross-country drive
my fellow traveler
woke from a stolen nap

he chastised the jazz
filling the vehicle
as music with the cymbals
in all the wrong places

I want

to make love to you
on those brass lily pads…

organic
knowing that you would understand
their morse code

the right places

chewing doublemint
because it’s not such a distraction

raise the wonder
of Marvin Gaye.
Marvin Fucking Gaye!

@ Tom Watters 8/12/08