The Swan of Elsinore,*

c. David Grim (taken 8/4/09)


I love you
Like a possibility.

And
I love the possibility
You represent.

Like Lilith
You refuse your
Earthly origin,

And to the extent
That you seduce the angels
Into providing your wings

You
Become an object
Of unobtainable desire
Beyond material
Definition

Perfect for the
Artist.

-David Grim
(5/10/10)

*Apologies to Isak Dinesen

Pursuit

c. David Grim (taken 8/29/09)

I hear
The high heels
Clicking down the hall

And I think
They might
Be for me,

But I know
That they are for
Every man

And
Any man

That might hear them.

These foot steps
Are not coming
For me

Yet their
Resonance
Still suggests
Pursuit,

Calls for it
Like a siren.

4/27/10