RECIPE FOR LIVING ON EARTH

Sink into life
     like it's a soft cushion

Sip it
     like it's your favorite cold beverage
     on a golden beach

Dance with it
     like it's your sexiest partner

Challenge it
     like it's your toughest adversary

Make it laugh
     like you're a standup comic

Amaze it
     with the breadth of your ambitions

Cuddle it
     as if it's a fragile infant

And when life decides to leave
     thank  it for the adventure
     and give it your best smile
     as you say goodbye
     like an old friend

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UNDER THE BLOOD MOON

We kissed

under the light of the blood moon

The cold and docile orb

distorted and bloated

like a distended organ

its face burnished,

as if in the grip of a feverish seizure,

swollen with passion

unblinking and unapologetic

in its lunar elegance,

almost begging us to touch it

Instead, we kiss again,

daring our love to flourish

under the light of the blood moon