I made love with a multiple personality

By Marie Kazalia

I made love with a multiple personality--

the one-(of him)-in-control
sat on the edge of my bed
explaining the many aspects of 10
oops...forgot to count himself--eleven  selves

I asked if each one inside him had a name

“I haven’t gotten that clever yet” he said

Who’s the one that giggles when he kisses me?

he glances a flash of eyes from the side
under a dark hat brim--
“oh, that’s just the silly one,
are you going to miss him?” he asks
yes, I say simply
“I’ll tell him” he says
So I asked if he talked to them all
and they to each other
he said “yes” pressing things forward
making it time to leave
“but the truth is...there’s nothing there
between us---you and me” he told me

I knew it was true of this one, the one-in-control
but I definitely had something going
with the others

About the Author
Marie Kazalia was born in Toledo, Ohio, but has lived her adult life primarily on the West Coast and in San Francisco, with the exception of 4 expatriate years in the Asian countries of Japan, India, and China.  Marie has a BFA degree from California College of Arts and Crafts.  Marie Kazalia's book of poems entitled Erratic Sleep in a Cold Hotel was published by Phony Lid Books (http://www.phonylid.com).  Marie Kazalia also has two mini-chapbooks - All- Purpose Tragedy and Megalopolis - published by and available from CC Marimbo (PO Box 933, Berkeley, CA 94701-0933).  Marie's 3 new chapbook titles in 2004 - Blue Language, Disgusting Similarities, and Big City Savvy are available from the author.  Find more of her work at http://www.RedHandPress.tribe.net and view her blog at http://journals.aol.com/makazalia/SmallPressings.  Her email is REDHANDPRESS@hotmail.com.

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