alternative uses for a golf course

a place to scream.
set up a carnival of dragonflies.
a fire where we burn our hair.
bury the jar of a nails.
cut your tongue off & pray it becomes
a whale. dig in the earth until
you find bones. cow bones
& fox bones & the bones of us
as snakes. a wedding. a funeral.
a first communion. we eat handfuls
of salt. a place to run & forget your legs.
a place to go to tell your lover,
"if we do not stop, i am going
to become a moth." plant butternut squash 
& tell them they can grow as huge
as they like. swallow dwarf planets.
take pictures of our eyes. use a measuring spoon
& scoop out bites of the sun.
feed each other noise. pray there
is another winter. pray this year
wasn't the last snow. a place to lay down
& have a meal of only eyelashes.
hole to plant knives & wait
for the knife tree to grow. a place
to hatch children & tell them,
"escape while you can." a place to 
hold your lover's hand & say,
"what else can we do?" there are
few things more painful than trying
& failing at tenderness. 
this is golf course terrain.
this is the little heart smacked across
the field. the cattail that used to grow.
the milkweed & the golden rod.
your hand brushing mine.
i say, "take me home."
a not-home. a zoo. a place to 
run away & hide from hunger. 
the site of a future weeping willow. 
your space ship. 
my baby tooth's coffin. 
burrow like a lost fist
turned into a toad.