Forbearance

I. 

Accounts are settled 
when we set lips upon us 

no irreconciled debts,
no more defaults to imburse, 

no rehearsals of forbearance— 
all drink and meat is served;

our fruition 

is only eating.

                                    these eyes 
bind us with intrigue

of love strengths from eyes
:                                    all senses heighten, dress, 

languish and disperse 


— you are telepathic witness — 
 
 
                                    what odds do we stare to sum.