Have you ever?

Have you ever dried your wet silky skin

                  in a dream of lost memories?

 Have you ever eaten hot slices of life,

                  chewing every piece with gusty pleasure?

 Have you ever thought your thoughts

as enclosed in electronic memories:

      bits and pieces

      flashing moments

      mashed potatoes

      unopened condoms

      unbrushed teeth

      a succulent sucker

      stuck in your memory cell?

Have you ever, have you ever?

      tell me softly

      tell me on the wind

      tell me in the burning sun

      tell me in the light of the night

      tell me with your sweet head cast upon your memory pillow.

Have you ever forgotten to remember?

lost in the broken cave, alone, abandoned, in love

       eating chestnut experiences

       reading his eyes

       writing her whispers

       stretching your soul

       beyond the earth, beyond, beyond...

       to yonder spark: that spark, that awesome spark

Have you? Have you? Have you? Have you? You have?