Thursday, May 11, 2023: Adrian Ernesto Cepeda's "Of Love and Departures"

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© 2023 marie c lecrivain


Adrian Ernesto Cepeda is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press, Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing,  La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and his 6th poetry collection La Lengua Inside Me will be published by FlowerSong Press in 2023. 

Adrian lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold.




Of Love and Departures


Here we are at Midway,

Lucy with her huge

baggage filled with

all the half-truths

she never told me,

Lucy knows the only

thing I care about is what

happens back at our room

off the red line by Wrigleyville,

as she loves sharing her red

lips, her tongue my mouth,

making poetry with our bodies

as the vinyl spins The Blinding

EP, as I peel off her loose fit

pink Babyshambles tee

between my teeth, hungry to

spend so many hours, days,

a week in bed, don’t care

that she spreads while lying,

always convinces me to return

to our mattress, leaving me

floored, again and again,

until it’s time for her

to take the orange train, back

to her husband waiting with

her kids, Lucy conveniently

has amnesia about her family

back home, while we make

out on the train, wishing she

could stay longer, I wait

lusting her arrival back in

Chicago, my fingers teasing

the seductive whole in her

black stockings, our lips

lunging inside each other,

just like at the gate, we

loathe goodbyes, ready

for our next rendezvous

when Lucy can land, leap

from the cab as we tear

off our winter clothes,

wanting this vacation

getaway to last, never

needing a map even in

the dark I love exploring

every scar on our bodies,

she always urging me

to come over and over

leaving our bags packed

missing another plane,

boarding passes expired

as another flight soars,

Lucy loves our voices

drowning out the engines,

louder than the last time.


 © 2023 Adrian Ernesto Cepeda 

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