you said
and you flipped over on your side
one arm between us
the other around the backside of my heart
your face up close to mine
so we were
nose against nose
lips against lips
teeth against teeth
and i had no breath
as i said to myself
it is me with you
it is my secret desire
something i can never tell
but a truth i know so well
it is the destruction of my fabricated self
the degradation of my false modesty
but i did not tell you this
nor did you wait for my response
instead, you said
you have such delicate ankles
such fragile bones
and how clenched you were!
how in battle with yourself!
and solid gold probed divided rose flesh
oh, to be impaled
so exquisitely!
so… inside!
and outside…
only the sound of crickets
