he had a dream 

                  I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight . . . 

  his wasnt Kings 

                      he dreamt he birthed his daughters daughters

he birthed his eldests on a promontoryoutdoors above a blue sea on a rough blanket laid on the grass a vaginal birth

it raised his eyebrow because as he observed himself helping her deliver he knew her real life daughters were Caesarian

swaddling the babegiving her to his daughter he kissed her and told her her sister needed him hed return when he could

carefully he pickedwound his way down the promontorys descent to a rude cabin at its foot

inside he deliveredvaginally his other daughters baby girl it also raised his eyebrow because watching him he knew in real life she didnt want children

swaddling the babegiving her to his daughter he kissed her and told her he was going to check on her sister

halfway upunder a hawks cry he realisedstopped cold only then that his daughters birthed on the same day . . .

. . . the same day

 

                       he knew the day

hafturning he saw himself stand from inside a brightgreen copse they watched the other inquisitively  detecting that they knew what the other thought 

                                      they wept together apart 

dreams are founded in reality

early AM Thursday,  4  8. 22

1348preferred,  Twosday,  9  8. 22

Martin Luther King, Jr.  https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety

Wha do you see when you close your eyes at night

When I go to bed?

Yes while yare lyin in bedbefore you fall asleep

Nothing. Black.

Just black

Just black.

            I feel you against meholding me, holding my breast.  I listen to you breathe. I fall asleep.

My blackness is different

                           Maybe yours is like mine if you looked a little harder 

I see only black.

                 What do you see in yours?

Mine moves

Moves? How?

  Ha Its like a flat screen lava lamp 

                                      Sometimes it boils looks like vertical waves a surf washin left right  right left   Its mesmerising  Then slivered with grays suddenshards of crystallinewhite flash  I think itll erupt  but it doesnt hasnt  Not yetmaybe 

               Its very animated  Sometimes I think its serpentskin shed  quivering to a breathemaybe your breathing  I hear you too   or the slightest breeze

Eventually it calms goes flat  evenly 

                                       Like an black eye a pupil  looking at mewatching  a mirror begging reflection  Hinting  hints

I can only wish.

Maybe tonight Maybe you can look tonight

Are we going to make love?

Yes

     Arent we 

Yes.

     I want to make love with you every night.  When we go to sleep I’m exhausted, I don’t think I could see if I wanted to.

he nodded  Well Im not missing a night of making love so you can seenot the cut of my jib

Screwball.

late Day-between-Two-Ts,  3  8. 22

1154,  Twosday,  9  8. 22

Four Tet  Unspoken  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JWTStCnRiQ 

as he handed her a cup of coffeedshe selected it from among his too-many-cups from the cupboard she asked Did you just thank your coffeemaker?

My no-frills all-thrills Proctor-Silex I did ofcourse I did its not a slave to be abused 

                                                                                       I set the cream an sugar on the counter behind you

Thank you.

Yare welcome

she turnedset her cup on the counter to administer it

before pouring his he stepped up behind herran his arms between hers and held her by the shouldershis wrists warmed by her breasts he smelled her hair still mussed from sleep and their sex

                                                                             Fresh baked bread

I smell like fresh baked bread

Fresh from the oven Yes   Delicious 

                                        he kissed the back of her head and released her

before stepping away she turned quickly 

                                           Thank you. May I have a kiss please. 

Don have to ask me twice

they embracedkissed deeply

when they released each other he said Taste like fresk baked bread

You tease.

he winked at her and as she turned to her coffee he turned to pour a cup

                                                                             What are you gloatingbout  think Im gonna get lucky I am lucky

Excuse me?

I was talking to the coffeemaker

Again?

        she turned her coffee looked like caramel his smokingblack Do you converse with the machine when I’m not here?

Maker maker shes not a machine every morning I do not take her for granted an I thank her because she gives me pleasure

          Thank you too  he winked

smiling quicklydimples deployed so beautiful You’re a real charmer.

Thank you my Maw thought so too 

                                      Id tell her Thank you  Im so charming I can charm the panties off a girl . . 

. . You didn’t. 

I did

      You came out of yours didnt ya 

That’s not something to tell your mother.

Had to Apple didnt fall far from the tree

You tell her that too?

Yes I was charming her

                          Then Id step backlook at the kitchen floor beneath hershed be wearing one of her dusters You arent wearing panties this morning 

STOP. 

Im tellin ya

You’re terrible.

Thaswha shed say

   My goodness.

                   You had an interesting relationship with your mother

We did

        Because neither of us pulled our punches told it like it was chips fall where they may no hard feelings

Unconditional love.

   Yes   Every few weeks I want to call her then remember

I’m sorry.

he sipped his coffee

she took a sip of hers

Thank you She took a lot when she left

0911,  Twosday,  9  8. 22

3 Doors Down  When I’m Gone  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR5bk313MaQ