Cootie Shot

So... Recently, I rolled the skylines of the East Bay into my own personal herbal cigarette, it was my... Cootie Shot

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            While

Attempting to climb

into Olympus

by the fire escape ladder

again,

Avoiding the smell

      of Aphrodite's skin

      the gaze

      of Eros

I slipped

      and you silenced reason

upon Embarcadero

With marks of lust

upon the torso;

goodbyes unsaid

of unrequited sorrow -- Thus

The past faded yellow with

hidden stains of emotion.

No smarter than a moth

my wings evaporated

by your mélange of words untrue

soured with the aftertaste of ironic comedy

While dying

sparks of memories soared

into a collage

each a romantic mosaic