chagall backdrop

you make making love
so hard
so easily

every move
a counter
a feign

bridges down
roads closed

broken tees and ells

no egress
here
or there

velvet ropes
cordon off

police marked
yellow tape

chalk outlines
of little bodies

dead teddy grahams
tattooed to keep
the body count

show
the skeleton closet

you like it fast
the speed of light
a pace I can’t sustain

without time
travel

and so you come
before you
go

and that’s why
I’m gone

before
we’ve met

be glad
I find cold
so hot

© Carlos Chagall, 2013