To describe you

curious as a cat

in the rain

wondering where it comes from

and where it goes to again

that's how I would describe you.

Shiny as a fallen coin, 

new, on blacktop

shimmering in the sun

waiting to be caught up

that's how I would describe you.

Juxtapositioning

pleasure and pain,

Aristotelian 

magnificent gain.

Colorful as the sun

when stared at for too long

beautifully blinding me

(so sublime and all)

that's how I would describe you.

Lovely as a cigarette

that seems to burn long--

feeling good and feeling bad

seem for once to get along--

that's how I would describe you.