I Lost Monday

My poem that was published in Persona Magazine 2008-2009:


I Lost Monday

On Sunday the moon fell in love with me
I replied You are among the stars—
too much for me to handle
Frenzied rocks shot down
became candescent in the descent

lit up the evening with sharp sparks sprinkling sapphire
reds and yellows
I am a man and you are a planet—not a planet
but planetary
and I don’t want to be hurt

It sent reassurance:
tides washed the desert
smoothed over jaggedness
cleared sand from my feet—
refreshed

I mean to say that you are huge
Gigantic
I would be crushed

with one thrust
The waves withdrew
and the week skipped to Tuesday.