By Misti
Date: 2002 Jun 05
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Looking Out Windows

it's so tacky of me
forming poems inside my head
even when I'm feeling
my world crashing down
around me
as I drink my Coronas with salt
and lime
staring out the window
at the spectacular Sandias

he talks and I make meager contributions
discussing Fundamental Christianity
for at least the hundredth time
Catholicism
the Ark stuffed with dinosaurs
confession
the small black hair I spy
on my flour tortilla

we were going to see "Unfaithful"
at the cinema
but I drank two beers, instead
looking out the window
at planes flying west

today he bought "The Virgin Suicides"
while I danced with preschoolers
to "When Doves Cry"
all poetry and atmosphere
and no plot
Kirsten Dunst as Lux...a fetching, skinny blonde
as wild as I always wanted to be sober
but it always took alcohol
to break the barriers
and "Run to Me" by the BeeGees takes me back
further than I ever wanted to go
..."The Virgin Suicides" is not recommended
viewing for someone who is always
looking out windows.