The sunset is in your mouth and it drips out onto your body you laugh and look embarrassed because it happened so suddenly the colour spreading, bruising the skin I move behind you press my body into yours cover your mouth with my hands so that you will not be damaged by the light spilling out of you like blood wet curves and sharp angularity prove consistently incompatible we are only two shapes embracing, that is all I show you how to cover the openings so they will not leak again we are both lonely and sad but relieved the ordeal has passed The similarities between two moist naked bodies shocks me like cold river water between my thighs in the morning this body is a territory colonized by men fighting for visitation rights or maybe this mind << >> |