THE HOOK
We learned all the pleasures of the tongue
before we knew each other's names,
long after all the pain had come.
Imagine the shock of a fish
when the hook finds its mouth
Then the sigh it heaves when it shakes it out
Our first kiss was like this
And there's the hook
I used to swim wild and free
but like a lazy cod I took the bait
Now I'm like a shark in the dark
I never close my eyes anymore
I twisted like an unruly marlin
so I'd love you this madly.
I knew just how the story would end
and I'd miss you this badly
And in the end I'd do it again
And there's the hook
© 2007 Vanessa Daou
Order Joe Sent Me