Thursday, August 21, 2025

Tim Tipton

Metropolitan Tide


The strange fragrance of modern buildings

Hot street lights dazzle larger than most stars

Purple silent moon looms over jungle traffic

Sounds of strong edges of people and urban clamor

To be in beautiful soft neighborhoods at night

The city in my hand

The night will leave at dawn but

the feeling won’t

Casual pain of anxious thought of longing to be

Out there with you in the dark.




Love Parade


I remember my first time making love

to a girl I liked.


The feel in her thighs, ripe to the touch.

The quickness of my hand across her back,

her goose pimples tickled like salt from

the sea air just after a storm. Eyes the

light of a full spring moon.


We threw each other against the wall and

climbed on each other like a ladder.


My feelings for her were big and alive.

I felt like a creature. She was quiet like

her mother’s garden with very little to say.


When we said goodbye I came to kiss her,

but she turned her cheek to me. My last sight of her was

as she left, her mouth soft, wide, and affectionate.


Outside a parade marched through a city

street consuming my feelings of

longing and loss.




Black on Black


Outside my sleeping house,

Between the black asphalt street

and the deep black starry night

A late comer

To Mr. Sandman’s sleep-over,

Drags in at 3 am

Singing:

I have a crush on you, sweetie pie.


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Tim Tipton

Metropolitan Tide The strange fragrance of modern buildings Hot street lights dazzle larger than most stars Purple silent moon looms over ju...