Perhaps Like Mary After Percy
(Oh) Darling, these dreams I’ve been having
They’re filthy
Complex in their simplicity
Think of Percy Shelley’s charred heart
Both concrete and symbolic
These dreams
(I should say) Our dreams, which accurately describes this sleep
(I ask you) Is it possible for a heart to survive the funeral pyre?
(Now)I am not only speaking metaphorically
I imagine Percy Shelley’s heart safely wrapped in paper
and tucked into the back of Mary’s desk drawer
Historical fact making for excellent metaphor
Sexy and forgiving
(Certainly)Gothic
You were always one for unusual assignations
(For instance)You would have enjoyed how we smuggled your ashes
into the bar where we toasted you with bellini cocktails and sat and shook
Yes, at the clichéd shock of it all
(Of course) You and I are nothing like the Shelleys
I have taken the liberty of speaking in metaphor
Oh darling, but those dreams
Sure are sweet
Posted By: NJ Cullen