mercury players theatre
mad city noir
kyle cycle


my ex-boy-whatever kyle was really into vampires.  yeah, i know.  but i wrote these first two for him, and he seemed to like them.  i think they're a bit hokey, but i present them to you for either your enjoyment or entertainment.


the darkness of your smile

i know the darkness of your smile
i have seen it before
perched on my lover's lips
waitng for some rotting meat
i am no meat for you i said
and he smiled me his blackness
and left me for some other prey
that would not tear at his heart so much

full seven years since then
twice i thought i saw him
once i know i did
and he with dirty eyes and hungry teeth
turned his back upon me
and measured his steps the other way
i trust he had found
some other meat

so do not think that i am ignorant
do not think i cannot comprehend
your purpose for me tonight
dim the lights a little more
fill my glass with your wine
pretend i am unsuspecting

and i will sit upon this chair
i will brush back my hair
so that it falls upon only one shoulder
and when your hand comes down
i will smile and sigh

oh, do not mistake me
i will scream at first
but later
when you have left me almost empty
i will call you my dark angel
and take you within myself
and bless the night that brought me
to one such as you
and bless a thing like you
that took me for meat
and fed upon my heart
and turned my smile black



weak in your arms

my damp hair clings to your chest
and i bare my teeth
in the closest facsimile i have of a smile
so that when you look down upon me
i will appear happy

for two weeks i have let you have me
two weeks and i have yet to take you with me
into this darkness

why do i hesitate for you?
why do i feel i could almost cry for you?
could i be weak in your arms?

oh, you sweet boy
you have no idea

but this cannot be
you are smiling
and sighing
and offering yourself to me

and i see the face, the smile
that took me completely into darkness
i see him in me
and me in you

my teeth are wet
and you are waiting
but i cannot stand the human air

running out of your arms
bursting onto the night full naked
i scream at the stars
and curse the august moon
that first lit your face for me

on my knees
you have me on my knees

i turn and see you
standing in the window
waiting
and i am still hungry



living over a thousand miles apart, we communicated mainly through e-mails.  the following poems were my first attempts at erotic poetry.



when i mount you

when i mount you
i am no longer flesh and bone
but swallowed whole into the heat of you
quiver and ache as you fill me
like spun molten glass on my insides

and so when soft voices die
i lie with these thoughts wrapped around me

          i will spend my days in your bed
          we will be made into a story of song
          and someday you will die




oh *sigh*

oh
*sigh*
i want your lick
on every part of me
on my every part

oh
*moan*
i want the heat of you
on the heat of me
burning, burned

oh
*sigh*
i want your mouth
to take this wet desire
and swallow me whole

oh
*groan*
i want your breath
on my flushed cheek
and your slick lips
coming down

oh
*sigh*



wide, deep and high

to make me wild
to make me sob your name
to make me shudder out my love
you must throw me
wide, deep and high

to give me an end
to give me the sky
to give me the infinite reaches
you must throw me
wide, deep and high

to see me destroyed
to see me made whole
to see me
you must throw me
wide, deep and high



let me come

let me come to you
let me hold love under my eyelids

save me now
save me now

let me come in your arms
let me keep your name in my mouth

save me now
save me now

let me come from your touch
let me fall off your edge

save me now
let me come



and finally, a poem that presaged more than i could have known.



a bitter skin

every skin is bitter
once you bite into it.

this was once a wisdom
of my mother's
also, that
love is hard
and you can be broken upon it.


i grew into these thoughts
for my mother
so she would finally
have something to give

but when we ate grapes
that one slippery night
discovering the sweetness enclosed
and the softness
that i could slip silently into
i found you not so bitter
and could see no edges to you

thinking of my mother
i smiled
and let you kiss me
aporia is awesome
shoe love is true love
the wandering ascetic
merriam-webster online
internet movie database
"i'll put it in my queue"
rashfilms.com
a bartender's best friend
wis-kino is wis-cool
all hail christian bale
a wort is a beautiful thing
pivot's personality profile
i wanna be cate blanchett
help broadway fight aids
ben cohen's true majority
american players theatre
colm's thousand words
help my mom remember
help save my dad's life
wanna screw with me?
what be yer pirate name?
are you well-adjusted?
bruce the bard
with swift and nimble fingers
i ply my trade...
basic bruce
backstage bruce
blog o' the bruce
bruce the bard
bruce's billboard
bruce's banquet
bruce's favorite books
bruce's favorite facts
bruce's favorite movies
bruce's favorite music
bruce's favorite words
go home
a treatise on democracy
night #1
brevity cycle
remembrance cycle
harmless cycle
sea cycle
dawn cycle
french cycle
kyle cycle
first summer cycle
second summer cycle
miscellaneous
letters
lyrics
poetry exchange
exchange cycle