Muppet

Muppet lips
never knew how
to properly kiss

a matter of proportion
more than ignorance

You always were much
happier
with your hair down

looking
ten years younger

more comfortable
with your eyes rolled back
in your head

concluding remarks

the same gesture
each time
as if emerging
from underwater

remember
the time you ambushed me

on the street

taking me by surprise
the passerby scoffed

sneak attack
our slogan

but need is not

necessarily harmful

desire strikes

at random

the latest fixation
the latest four hour Google search
the latest autodidact’s pursuit

concluded

and your singular focus
moved elsewhere

-29 August 2011