Midnight Jade
Yung Seoul Kim

1.
Non-sequitur living, please�
             has its uses�She noticed he
 
longed for applause
             in the dinner
 
             party insight
perfectly candied.                       
                                       Verdant
 
neon after-
dinner mint                   
                                       on the mating habits
 
of ducks�She
           
             let�s admit it, did
 
too, longed for the echo.   Lovely
                       
                          longitudes ajut
                          after midnight.  A dark,
 
this cusp of luxe              amid urgent
 
 
2.
                          mind.
 
That�s all.  Ablaze in his warmed�Hands
interrupt the speed of an amber-toned evening
 
ambushed.  He takes her upstairs.
 
                          Glassed walls
are just that. 
                          Glassed once, glassed twice, glassed
 
gone.  Go
 
then go�he told her.  About
             his father
             fifteen years earlier
                                        who said this
to his mother.
                                        Go then, go.
 
He spoke the phrase with great calm and consideration.
 
Mother�s name was Jade
color of deep
                          emerald
 
stone                
where every year cut
 
like a gem.  Both shes
 
3.
remember the son�s precision. 
It dwelled. 
                          The body�s accuracy is what he trusts.
                          He entered
 
feral and lost
                       
and her eyes open
on his amazed instincts

                                                   at early morning light.

//   Advance   //