FLAWLESS CONVERSATION

predictable words

forged together to form an

immaculate network of calibrated clichés

create the perceptual illusion of expressing something meaningful

as preliminary slow red alarms

begin to toil away in my nervous system

drumming away in dull undifferentiated distress

as unblemished glassy black volcanic sentences

polished by her ultraviolent laser of logic

arc back and forth in a game of conversational chess

I discontinue the proceeding

rise up with a deliberate sigh

take the aztec temple of idealized love out of my pocket

watch the little sun-baked bricks turn to liquid in my hand

spill down to the ground

emotions at my feet diffused into a red pool of mud

mixed with yellow straw strands of hope sprouting from the earth

ready to form new bricks for the next construction project