bodhisattva dribble
(i)
you slip into sleep in my october arms
and become my mid-morning meditation
I follow the shadow of the smile of your milkywise mouth
trace the fine lilac streams upon the dreamy lids of your eyes
breathe in the dusty strawberry warmth of your scalp
and my eyes
come to rest
upon your cradle-capped crown
quietly open and pulsing
invisibly umbilical to the unboned unknown
you my little laptop buddha
in your saffron elephant-patterned suit
(ii)
over our babysitting weeks
I have watched your chubby arms and monkeygrip fingers
from random forage
discover a predictable reach and tenacity
and
no doubt
your unwritten mind and voice will follow suit
and your open crown will close over
with the skulled plates of language
and you will gain
deliberation
consideration
a dictionary of ordered sounds
but
my little forming friend
(as your marrow knows full well)
the good times
the really good times
don’t play by the book
are always outside the skull’s enclosure
wordless and porous
unspeakably beautiful
unspeakably good
(i)
you slip into sleep in my october arms
and become my mid-morning meditation
I follow the shadow of the smile of your milkywise mouth
trace the fine lilac streams upon the dreamy lids of your eyes
breathe in the dusty strawberry warmth of your scalp
and my eyes
come to rest
upon your cradle-capped crown
quietly open and pulsing
invisibly umbilical to the unboned unknown
you my little laptop buddha
in your saffron elephant-patterned suit
(ii)
over our babysitting weeks
I have watched your chubby arms and monkeygrip fingers
from random forage
discover a predictable reach and tenacity
and
no doubt
your unwritten mind and voice will follow suit
and your open crown will close over
with the skulled plates of language
and you will gain
deliberation
consideration
a dictionary of ordered sounds
but
my little forming friend
(as your marrow knows full well)
the good times
the really good times
don’t play by the book
are always outside the skull’s enclosure
wordless and porous
unspeakably beautiful
unspeakably good