Experimental Dreams
I dream sometimes
At night
Of young men in poems
With chestnut hair
And eyes that
Know my dream -
Who dream of me.
Young men who read,
And cast their thoughts
To pen and ink,
Like I;
Experimental thoughts
Of love, of lust,
Of closeness:
A romance of the mind
Made real by
Gentle touching -
Fingertips to thigh
Lips light upon a shoulder,
Words:
Soft upon the page.
"How do I love thee?
Let me..."
Dream young men who ache
To stand with me
Hand in hand
Discussing poems -
Experimental dreams
And love beside the shore
Of my raging waters of desire.
               (c) 15 January 1991