I swear; I
saw her:

over trees and
through ivy,
under clouds and
down waterfalls

the thunder
never stopped her
I swear,
she sleptwalk—

through silver meadows
and up plateaus,
in rushing rivers
and drying suns
climbing nothing
on her way up!
to everywhere…

she sleptwalk,
with a seductive smile
of porcelain bone,
eating berries and
breathing air,
trekking cliffs
like shaken soda
falling down
like dirty water

falling, falling
falling—

below the waterline
falling, falling
below sea level
falling, falling

where the governor
of all this mess
is struggling to
send people up
without the call
from his comrades,
his cabinet, his
custodians to
make damn sure they
have all their
legal papers and
boarding passes—
there’s just too many
to fucking count! and
it’s getting late
and we’re far behind
and send ’em!

I swear,
she sleptwalk to the moon
she sleptwalk to the stars
she sleptwalk to the galaxies
tiptoeing all around us;
to the person who holds
true love,
to the god who
makes it real,
to the boy who
isn’t born,
to the beach where
time stands still,
to the mouth that says
ok! to the jaws that
clamp her whole…

she sleptwalk,
I swear

but what do I know?
I only wrote this while
she slept.