By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 24 January 2000

My Sagittarian Clown

Thank you for the telephone foreplay
the long distance prelude to a
      disaster
I was hoping for oh so much
        more
but like you said
I'm a Smart Cookie
I'm one tough broad
I'm a writer chic seekin' Pierce Brosnan
or Andy Kaufman or any reasonable pretender
       to the throne
I took a long walk after midnight
lookin' for fallin' stars to wish on
bravin' the elements for a bright accidental
       destination
and I decided to bulldoze destiny
and make my own windin' path
and there you were
with your corny jokes
your divorce induced weight loss
your goofy tangents
your nervous laughter
your deep abiding love and 
remarkable fondness for your
two little girls 
your daily prayers to God
your lottery tickets
your conversation with the garage door
and the bumblebee flyin' across the
computer screen
as you tried to find my pictures
and poems
       I invited you in with my fingers crossed
and my eyes squeezed shut and I knew that I 
would love you
but-