GUESSING MARLENE
(to Marlene from Dave via his friend)

Here: we wake together. Why are your eyes
glazed in tears? How can I stir
them into happiness? Were

these dark wet eyes dreaming of a lost love?
I have had such dreams -- they've tossed
me through blackest thoughts and just

when I am most alone your smiling lips
slip soft into my thinking.
But maybe you weren't dreaming?