http://slow.writerscafe.org/Chops The original writings of author Chops en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776053302 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My deficitMy thirst for moreIn the love and intimacy departmentIs long and expansively documentedI acceptThat you have decidedWhat you haveYour complete absence of itIs preferableTo what you could haveTo what's been profferedEven if it’s not everything you’d like.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2944486/ Those words.Almost But not Spoken.WrittenBut not Sent.ThoughtBut not Said.Those arms.Right thereBut notReaching.EmptyBut notMoving.WantingBut notInitiating.ManifestationsOf Still and Always.Still.And.Always.But from afar.OnlyFrom af.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2873801/ The eggshells I treadTo avoid your piqueEvery step cut me deeperNow their memories I keep http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2868119/ When bad feelingsBred of disappointment and frustrationHave begun to crowd out the good feelingsFrom times now distantAnd long unfueledIt’s time to stay muteAnd waitTo see if she notices Even the embers are barely glowing And without wood quickly addedThe fire will be g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2850511/ My sun has moved well past overhead.Indeed, it may be close to dipping into the horizon.Sometimes the sun sets quickly.Sometimes the orange ball seems to hang interminably Just before its parting.But whenever my sun setsThe air will quickly chill in twilight.Darkness will envelopeAnd.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2843361/ The cat purrs meowP***y shudders joyouslyStroking brings pleasure. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2842196/ It got by me, but I had meant to markThat certain date on this year’s calendar.The 2nd anniversary.Of the time we last had intimacy. Two years without intimacy.(Speaking only for me.) Pretty long time.Pretty extreme devolution fromThe Best Moments of My Life. You’.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2842176/ If you’re gonna steer,Your hands must be on the wheel.You’re in control, dear. In loving, you know,As well as in driving cars,Where you steer, you go.Where will you steer us? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2842174/ Your curls spill across the pillowIn the slanted lightYour body softly risesThen settles.I watch.Unable to waitI kiss your eyesThen your toes.You stir gracefullyAnd rouseYieldingInto me.I marvel at my fortuneTo have you hereIn my bedYour gentle opennessYour hunger. As I rouse int.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2823139/ We were so youngWhen we pairedAttractedBy our radical youthThinking ourselvesRebellious and boldWith the maturityOf teenage grownupsAttachedBy our samenessThese many years laterPaths long divergentThat misperceived samenessLaid bare long agoBut banded 'til nowBy conventions of unionWe squandered our.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2821747/ There’s a hardened placeIn my headSolid and roughWhere you resideA place just porous enoughFor me to accessMy memories of youWith an inner coreOf deepest feelingsAnd scenes that replay endlesslyBut with jagged edgesThat scrape meEvery entry and exit.This paperOn which I put my w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2809884/ "I see you," she said, as she slowly crept across the night sky, leaving behind a faint trail of sparkling dust.“I see YOU,” he said, as he climbed up after her, casting sharp golden spears across the early morning land. And as his golden probes bathed her in warmth, she signed a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2802604/ If you have enoughOr plentyOpen your heart Pack away your fear.Let your eyes reflect the starsWhite against the deep darkAnd the thirteen ribbons Red interloped with white.What reasons bring hand to heart?And what assumptions predicate your pledge?In a brisk wind, a rainbow.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2801127/ You are amazingAnd I am wonderful Yet we’re just twoLiving our livesNot very interestingTo ourselvesWho found each otherTo our delight and wonderFor awhileOr longer. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2801125/ I’m giving up wanting And going with needing, instead. It’s totally acceptableTo lack self-controlThese days.I’m giving up needing And going with wanting, instead. It’s totally acceptableTo be selfish and self-absorbedThese days. Wait.I can need and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2801124/ Yes.Still.Did you thinkWhen I told you “Always” I was kidding? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2801123/ With deep apologies to RF http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2798189/ The midden where my old thoughts lieA jumbled messIntertwined with Old feelings, moods, and intentionsIt’s where I goTo find youLong goneBut there preservedAmong the hardscrabble rubbleThat is the foundation For my today. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2798187/ As I look back nowWith the seeming wisdomThe passage of time bringsI wonderShould I be embarrassed?Did I make a fool of myself?Were my eyes cloudedBy some unnameable defect?Does it matter that my truth That my love really was so deepWas not fully believed?Seemed never accepte.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2789813/ In those most intimateOf our moments together,When you appeared to beLost Deep within yourself,Were you withMeOr could it have beenAnybodyIn, on, underYou? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2780200/ That thingInside the little blue boxIts gleaming ruby redAnd twinkling white flashIn its platinum cradleWould have beenPerfect against your skinImagine the givingThe words, the settingThe promise, the tearsThe moonThat thingInside the little blue boxWith its perfect.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2775094/ Can't end.Can't.End. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2772789/ Back then, it was pure.Now it is fraught,Tarnished by disappointments,Missed chances,And hurts.Yet, that undeniable connection,Instant, strong, urgent, beyond deep,That served as seedFor all that was to come(And is yet to come),Endures,Unextinguishable,Promising fulfillment.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2772750/ Two burst pipes that should bring water.No electricity for days.Hotel nights, then boiling water,Though the sun began to blaze.All things lucky First World peoples,Think horrific. (Repeat soon.)Which is why, I'm told, the Gods,Were on vacation in ... Cancun! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2772749/ I’m a HalfwitDimwitNitwitWitlessIdi-wit http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2772748/ When you saidThatAnd thatAnd thatAnd wouldn’t(Couldn’t?)SayThatAnd thatIt froze meHardDid it meanYou wereUnsure about meUsUnsure if you preferredLife soloOrUnable to expressTrue feelingsOrGiven to self-defeatingPatternsOrJust plainS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2772746/ For the briefest of momentsIn geologic timeOur paths convergedAnd it was sublime  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2764896/ Problem. You didn’t understandHow co-dependentI am. Being aloneFor meThe biggest fear. I didn’t understandHow independentYou are. Being aloneFor youNormal. Being codependentI need you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2761104/ You'll find neither walrus nor carpenter here. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2760939/ Blue raveBlue waveBlue gazeBlue hazeBlue stareBewareA-rat-tat-tat-tat-tatBoom http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2760073/ You don’t meet anyone half-way.I admire that in a woman.But not in my lover. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2760072/ Happiness is just around the next curve(As I gently stroke your hip) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2760071/ I beckon you come hitherThrow your legs around my headAnd I’ll devour your flowerAnd then bounce you on our bedAnd when we’re spent I’ll witherWe’ll sleep so deep like deadAnd when we rise we’ll showerAnd make love again instead http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2760070/ The stories you tell yourselfAre your defense Put up to protect you from painThey don’t serve your purpose They leave you alone, isolated, single, unfulfilledThey cause you painAnd they cause me painToo http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2488270/ I want to be surrounded by beautyWill you come over? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2475765/ I miss The intensity Of my feelingsAs I driveAnd am drivenUp The FiveMy gas tankHeading lowerMy emotional tankEmptyKnowing I’ll neverAs I walk longerOn PangeaHave the pleasureThose endorphins lendAnd inspire to worldlyGratificationsThe empty tankThe on.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2475752/ Blocked in life, in writing, in love. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466857/ Uncertain love http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466665/ Best Moments of My LifeI've held you tighter than tightAs if to never let go.I've inhaled your scentSomewhere between cinnamon and heaven.And twisted your soft curly hair.I've kissed youNearly even inch of your body.I've tasted youAnd you taste so good.I've slid into you lusciousnessAnd felt you put.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466555/ Re-creating a real scene, more romantic and longer enjoyed in the re-telling http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466319/ Trying to understand a lover and come to grips with differences http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466318/ Poem about the benefits of emboldened fascist racists coming out of the closet http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466317/ Trying to really understand a lover. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466316/ Bitter romance poem (with a nod to Allen Ginsberg) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466314/ Bitter end of romance. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466313/ Romantic challenges, romantic hurt. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466312/ Enigmatic poem, requires thinking, open to alternative interpretations. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466308/ Purely romantic poem, with a playful backward twist http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466307/ How a romantic relationship might end (with a slight nod to Shakespeare) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466306/ Romantic challenges http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chops/2466305/