SOMEWHERE

SOMEWHERE

somewhere
a storm is raging
in a teacup

be that
as it may

we are here eventually
drinking our
last coffee together

took us
so long to get here
such extreme
difficulty
guessing, second-guessing,
wondering
what to say

meanwhile that
teacup storm
is turning cosmic

if we
do not kiss now
before the tea cup storm
reconfigures
our entire Universe

this stupid, last
tragic, triumphant
gesture
   will be lost

love giving the two-
finger salute to
everything that has
conspired
to reduce us
to this moment

decide
upon this day