river bank of dandy lions and 
how we remember each others names
when we die.

i'd like to set a plan
now. i'd like to know where
to meet you when everything else
is over and the sky falls away
like a wooden backdrop--
sit with me and paint an 
evergreen forest--
cut Christmas trees from 
paint swatches-- turquoise 
and mauve and 
the raspberry tint 
we were trying to decided 
what color was best to 
paint over the rain forest
in my bedroom-- 
i had decided i wanted a more
grown up
place to sleep--
there's no sleep 
in a rain forest clearing
or in the snapped finger throats
of the frogs--
run your hands under the fountain--
wash your face before 
we eat-- 
last supper of spearmint leaves
and onion grass bulb--
i'd like to set a plan now
so you know how to find me--
so you know how to 
remember our names-- 
when we die i want you to
find a feather-headed 
dandy lion-- blow downy 
into snow
into kitten beard
into windowsill frost
into root beer foam
and follow wherever
it escapes to--
at first it will fall to the
earth but you have
to be patient-- 
the manes of the dandy lions
have been going to the same
place all these years--
there sits a river bank
where the shore sides
are built of every wish we
ever made ourselves or 
each other--
dig hang fulls of 
perhaps
of 
yearning
of desire to sleep 
with your name in my mouth
wake up in the woven fingers 
of a God fist-- 
when did our skin become
a pillow to sleep on?
dig in the dandy lion wishes with
me-- eat feathers--
lay back
and measure a 1/4 cup 
of the wishes
to make the clouds--
send me a signal you're here
too-- and i'll find you--
i'll find you in the
static fizzle 
of dead people television
and i'll know you remembered us--
maybe i will have too--
and when i find you there
feed me a teaspoon of 
lion mane wishes-- 
drink the bitter milk of 
their necks
you'll laugh and say it always
seemed so hard to forget
someone's name 
who you love
but oh how it turned out
so easy--
just remember that when
you can't think of anything
else that at least you can--
measure out a cloud
and i'll come find you
i'll come find out--
save me a raspberry 
evergreen tree-- 
paint over the rain forest--
sleep in the throat of a frog.