Picasso's Rose Period Eyes

30X40" Watercolor and Indian ink on canvas

Standing in a doorway

Right passed the over turned garbage

Can with vegetable scraps

And cactus hearts

Spewed out

Slinging an old guitar

Shouting

To no one

To anyone

Who will listen

In a tiger striped outfit

Wild hair

Like some soapbox preacher

To an unknown god of one

We pass by

As he mutters

"It's Halloween everyday for me"

So unlike Sandy

And her serial monogamy

Boy,girl,boy,girl

Paperdolls

Cactus heart

And vegetable scraps

Left behind

On Mission street

The scent of rose incense

Drifting through the open window

Where

"Jesus loves you"

is written in Spanish

And you know I love you

With all of me

And I would say it more often

But it's just too big and

It takes a while

For me to travel

To someplace where

I can actually

Touch you with this desire