ASK ME FOR A POEM

Peter Chinman

I want to be the strawberry

crushed between your teeth

the sticky sweet smear of smile

spilled across your cheeks

what I mean is

I want you to ruin me

August 31, 2017

Washington Square Park

He thought the dogs were chasing lemons

across  the lawn until you told him about tennis

see Kentucky before you die kid

it’s worth it                the sunsets

    January 21, 2018

    Dolores Park, SF

What midst such loveliness

could words tell us? Unless

they were simple instructions

to shut up & listen,  & let

the world enter us

at every octave of our attention.

                                    February 10, 2018

                                    Echo Park Lake

three legged dog

                                    break my heart

                                    September 15, 2017

     Washington Square Park