tell me,
do you love in your dreams

do you really
really love in your dreams
or do you save it

for the dinner dates
on saturday afternoons

with peachy daughters
of dry lineage

pray tell me,
do you know
what it is

to speak in rushed breath
through wire fences

more than you could say
in truth

no
tell me,

do you love
ever
and is that enough,

really?