Like Montgomery Clift

It's building
this angst
thick black bile
a heavy weather

avenues empty
paths harden
this heat haze
can be grabbed

i sit in profile
staple clopping
framed by skylight
pin focused

she enters
a lead ball rolling
coffee buzzed
amphetamine brewed

i explain
she listens
in tongues
as usual

i repeat firmly
she grasps truth
and gathers
her thoughts

i step away
a shuffling boxer
arms aloft
to the charged street

pink blossom snows
from bowing trees
as i meander
like Montgomery Clift

to a place in the sun