Anchorage Epithalamium

Love punched my brains out like

Artie in the post office parking lot—

“A big Samoan hit me and now it feels

like there’s computers in my eye.”

Everything big and distorted with

the 19-hour days and the 19-hour nights,

mountains balding into summer now

as tourist traffic materializes onto streets

we first learned empty and white. All

I want: to explore the wilderness of Costco

with you in the Dimond District,

buy a new set of Tupperware with red

lids and smooth sides. To be tamed

with you and tell you every night

which are satellites, planes, and stars.