Three Poems by Christian Garduno

by Christian Garduno

Addison

I lived on the outskirts of a long-dead galaxy

in the year of the wooden snake

I see a flair of O’Hara in your eyes

it’s too late to be shy now

ti amo

ti amo

do me a favor and decimate me

I was always falling for you like gravity

it must have been a sight to see

you said there is no forever

only right now can last forever

and your daily devotions

well, they really only go so far

you said there’s a screen behind the screen

I didn’t always know what you mean

but it sounded good

you know I’ve always had a soft spot for you

I suppose it’s too late to be shy now

with all of the history

between you and me

and the note you wrote on my skin

left me with this train ringing in my ears

from a station you left years ago

you were always so good to me

I loved your daydreams

always falling for you

it’s kinda what I do

I’ve always had a thing for you

I’ve been doing it a few lifetimes now

John Foley's Bar

I don’t remember the exact moment I fell for you

I must not have been paying attention

it happened so slowly & all of a sudden

we were always racing the sunset

always on the heels of another skyline

now I chase your holograph across the gallery

and send myself letters

every time you talk, I hear my heart beat

you get all super tiny asking if I liked the socks you gave me

I love just thinking about you

it’s my favorite thing to do

and when I’m asleep

I always dream of you

you’re making me run some numbers in my head

you roll your eyes higher than heaven

I knew you were drunk when you said I have pretty eyes

and I know which one of us will pay the price in the morning

The Bohemian Club

Eternity is ephemeral

I was washing up in the birdbath

you call me a caveman

smoke me down

now I’m a spaceman

Saturn is staring us down

you make music with my silence

I’m quite impressed

dreams undressed

you always brought me back around

I love how you never call me you just come over

why don’t I just give you a copy of my key?

that way you can just let yourself in

I mean, two birds, right?

I might have to re-draw the lines

oh, the hunger the craving

you use your eyes like no one else

I want to steal your every line

you had no business looking that good this autumn

I savored every second

sometimes I just look at you

and I have to look away and sigh

then you do that hand-heart thing at me

I’m telling you right now that it really makes me lose it

and when I start crying you ask if I’m sad

I say, no, I’m happy

I’m so happy that I’m crying for us

and I know I know you don’t get it

and I get all moody

there’s so much in the parentheses

you write in the margins of my book

I love reading it in the morning after

you think in cursive

I’m quite impressed

dreams undressed