Poem inspired by the movie Basquiat

Movies pour into my
academic break
like sour milk as my
impatient bones await
summer school
while I watch Basquiat,
about the 1980s Haitian-American
graffiti artist turned elite
Basquiat’s death accomplished
by overdose by heroin at age 27
This inspires me to shake
the lackadaisical from
my bones and write
…
Watering constellations
Immersing ourselves in blades of grass, starry skies, and love

Lovers, like a thousand
other lovers
or peanuts in a sack
paint and illuminate
shadows on the night
black lines and yellow magic
golden shimmer swirls
Lovers contemplate
wriggling roots breaking
free from hard-packed dirt
watching every constellation emerge
peas, radishes and lettuce
Orion and countless others
skimming blades of grass…