tarot cards & tea leaves

tarot cards & tea leaves

i can tell you

from seventy-eight cards

& the harp in the center of my cup

this salted future

cured for the present

& all that’s past

look out there

mountains faded before you

above the gray horizon

how far can you see

what i mean?

close your eyes

taste the times

our lips met

hold the times

our finger tips. . .

remember i could

smell you walk

into any room

now i can’t hear anything

on my right side

except the wisp & whispers

of all the things

you’ve said to me

yes

i can tell you

this salted future

anything & everything

dealt & divined

drawn from these tattoos

across my bones

& no one

can tell anyone

who i am

except you

you

these tattoos across my bones

these tarot cards and tea leaves