Triple Dare

You are like stardust
and I wake kissing phantoms
The party in the hills last night
some friends of Danny's
We were all invited
a few heard me read earlier
and I was convinced to recite
something from memory
of course it was all about you
those are the only ones I have committed
afterwards three separate women
slipped their phone numbers to me
while Illy glared daggers across
the room
I've become to shy to refuse
On the way back to the hotel
Danny said
"I think this town suits you."
I think anywhere suits me now
a man divided
body in California
mind in Philadelphia
heart in North Carolina
I trace stardust
and kiss phantoms to sleep