Gothique Lolita

Gothique Lolita

Transference

I have had these Dreams

 of the Middle East

in which I am running

from Powerful Men

and when Things look their Worst

I collapse

Only to reawaken

as if from an Assassin’s Dream

I know All the Best Drugs

Come on and be my Anarkist

There are More Worlds than this

In the Room in which I am jolted aWake

there is a BookShelf by the Door

and a Rug on the Floor

and a Desk

with a Computer

and Two Windows in a Corner

below them is a Street

I know that Somewhere else

I am a Mobster’s Wife
a Powerful Lady

the Keeper of a Temple

Once

jody and I were sitting on a Bench

looking out at False Creek

in Vancouver City

when a Black Man walked by

wearing a Long Black Coat

a Tall White Lady by his Side

who could have been a Stewardess in the 1980s

or a Prostitute

or a Mom

and it was like Two Magnets sliding past One anOther

as jody and I watched the Pair disappear

down the BoardWalk

on the Salish Sea

in the Night

 I said, “Did you feel that?”

and jody said, “OutSider Energy”

I wonder who they were

The Man in the Room is a Tuxedo Mask

With the Touch of a Key

we change the World

Bombs are dropping

but you are Safe

We have said our Prayers

This is a Nightmare we cannot wake from

It goes on and on

and there is a Hotel

and we are going to go there


I carry my Xperiences with me

they are what I offer

through my Poetry

I have been to your BedRoom

to traipse about like an inVisible Cat

like in Every Anime

we were Once on the Moon together

do you remember that?


I'll stain your Mouth with BlackBerries

before I leave

give me an Old Fashioned Needle

give me the Venomous Stinger

Photography by jody franklin 

with Paint by AC

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