Vatican Roulette

The best way to forget dreams
is to remember them,
although a strange conundrum
results when it's a sin to remember.
It was a white-tiled
inch-high water dream,
your arm-- a strength contrary
to my flesh-- holding
me against the slip.
In a red house
surrounded by churches
on a white sheeted cot,
I remember a face
so real it's there
in front of me
with eyes stripped bare
and square shape
and sincerity
and illogicality.
Seven days of crying,
but not ever in front of you.