thanks for the add sexy

Thanks for the add.

Hi Cindy! Hope things are goin' good in SF. See you soon!

Wahoo! On the cover of the SF Chronicle today for Sunday's show! YAY!

-a moment on a bench
i walk back from the bar
heavy boots strong with the energy of coming back to you
stomp strut stomp and i slide between tables and land back
between your arms on the torn vinyl bench
my feet tangle up in our mountain of bags and hoodies
artist and activist on both of my sides
fierce with power in our lungs in these moments
we are a line up of tender family
a diagram of complications and connections
with fighting arms gentle on each others shoulders
i am finding home in an old divey bar with you
my chest warmed by more than alchohol
they call your name first
round one poet
good luck.

i am looking past individual inspirations of wine and roses. but onto how we interact with strangers. with friends. with the sort of love that happens when you hand a stranger a flower just to make them smile once in a while. when you smell someone's perfume or shampoo in the morning on the train and you're flooded with memories of when the girl whose smile lit up a room smiled at you once. and then you thank the stranger. you tell them that they smell amazing. those times when you walk down rough and tumble sidewalks and can hear the stories living on them. in each person walking by. their ipods singing lullabyes and love songs to them from soul mates and friends from around the world. there is romance in every step you can take in a day. a leaf to notice. the fireplace smell dusting the street. the grass being cut around the corner with its sharp wet green smell mixing with the hard metal oily smell of a hand start lawnmower. it's everywhere. i wonder why it's so easy to not see it.