birthday wishes

in all this desire
uncertainty
i forget
balloons in the bathtub.

images of catastrophic
proportions
dance before
i can place myself asleep.

i awake in the worst
state of mind
angry and sick
until i think

New York in the Spring -

Mimosas at the window
a Broadway show
watching the tumblings
of spies in training

leaping over benches
coffee on the lake
rock band
making my way in the rain

riding the subway
you looked deep
"We could be in love"
"For a day"

Balloons in the bathtub until then.