Thumb Suckers United

Students still suckling at their thumbs
Portable teets
Young men and women stuck
At some infantile stage
Passing through high school corridors,
Sitting in classroom
Thumb thrust into mouth
Drawing on their big digit
For support and security never received.
I try not to be too judgmental,
But feel compelled to say,
"Can I have some of that?"
Or "If you are going to
Suck on that in class,
You'll have to share it."
Not trying to shame them,
Just make them aware.

Leap Year 2 Years in a Row

We lay in your bed, eating matzoh in the moonlight
You were my first circumstancial lover
But like a meteor our love was burning out of control
As we approached Earthbound realities
Offering sacrifices to the god of Mattress.

Would you pour me another glass of Cabernet
And kiss my big toe again?
I find my peace in your embrace,
And again when you leave.
It seems that love has become an artifact
Of our relationship, something buried
Like the ruins of an ancient civilization.