Orlando

· green eyes · crooked teeth · ginger voice · musk scent · salty accent · nails in E minor · code by day · text by night · naps face up · fan and Fowles's magus · loving my friends · writing them more · making Lola laugh · falling more in love with her · caring for my family · reading · smelling · sweating · creating · creating · creating · gathering nectar · seeking nectaries · climbing the stairs · trusting in sweat · swimming and salting the blood · sleeping until I dream myself · thinking seated · traveling in sandals · looking at the mirror and seeing myself behind it · inhabiting verbs · clothing nouns · connecting the dots and going outside the line · embracing metaphor · embracing mysteries · not solving them · singing with Brassens · dreaming with Jung · searching for Kafka · rereading his diaries · asian gaze · young muscle · playing in earnest · failing better · living much · dying more · a son's love · a father's fear · water heart · asking forgiveness · loving with courage · loving my own the neighbors those who were · loving better ·