The Predatory Wasp

Thinking outrageously I write in cursiveI hide in my bed with the lights on the floorWearing three layers of coats and leg warmersI see my own breath on the face of the doorOh I am not quite sleepingOh I am fast in bedThere on the wall in the bedroom creepingI see a wasp with her wings outstretchedNorth of Savanna we swim in the palisadesI come out wearing my brother's red hatThere on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven timesHe runs washing his face in his handsOh how I meant to tease himOh how I meant no harmTouching his back with my hand I kiss himI see the wasp on the length of my armOh great sights upon this state, HallelujahWonders bright and rivers, lake, HallelujahTrail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake, HallelujahTrusting things beyond mistake, HallelujahWe were in loveWe were in lovePalisades, PalisadesI can wait, I can waitLamb of God, we sound the horn, HallelujahTo us your ghost is born, HallelujahI can't explain the state that I'm inThe state of my heart, he was my best friendInto the car from the back seatOh admiration in falling asleepAll of my powers, day after dayI can tell you, we swaggered and swayedDeep in the tower, the prairies belowI can tell you, the telling gets oldTerrible sting and terrible stormI can tell you the day we were bornMy friend is gone, he ran awayI can tell you, I love him each dayThough we have sparred, wrestled and ragedI can tell you I love him each dayTerrible sting, terrible stormI can tell you