Corporate Coupling

the lovers declare their mission statement,
outlining their mutually shared goals
to maximise human potential
through alternative methodologies,
– forgetting to say, I love you.

Developing compelling expertise
they interactively benchmark each other’s thighs
to rapidly integrate hyperscale schemas
in exponential progressive growth
and that’s just the start of their foreplay

they seemlessly undermine all systems
to accelerate ease of accessibility
until they achieve ultimate linkage
resorting to plug and play technologies
and agreed cross-storage content

with just-in-time metrics
and 360-degree feedback
they ratify resolution
and end with a corporate sigh
that ripples the water cooler

Two Bare Feet

 

Along the sea margin

in the lapping of tides

I had visions of legs wrapped around necks,

thighs pressed taut against shoulders.

I heard the soft fall and lift of wet sand

as it sucked and released your bare feet.

You walked ahead, leaving imprints

amongst white pebbles and shells

 

We all know the profound aspects

of waves as they come and go

and I don’t need to use a poetic device

about footprints that wash away.

In that moment I knew I loved you

in a way I wouldn’t again