response is a form of freedom

(February 2023. Aidan and Billy write a classic daopoem together on the big red couch on his porch. Hitting our stride as a duo again, reminiscent of “my surprise when the lights turn on is love”. Billy has a slight majority of lines here.)

response is a form of freedom
something new pulled into the world

he is watching from across the hall
big glasses and queer eyes set dancing
under crystal domed kindness

changing you know is part of the game
your future a siren echoing distance

his foot shifts over
raspberry heels clicking twice against the hard wood

kindling makes itself apparent when i’m most in need well nothing

adoration the warmth of wanting being
wanted, the universe tugging

gracious holy scream
from a dark receptacle reaching
out is up in any direction a shout into the earth itself is still towards heaven

aidan and billy