XVI. Cumulus Cloud

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he sees the stars in my eyes are laden like fire on water. his clouded pools watch our dayglo reflections and under those camel lashes; he sees. and in the darkness and neon beams he touches my hands -- misty eyed, he comes to envelop me and i know every word our lips touch -- i open my mouth and i satisfy; pure delight for his allseeing eyes: eva's tongue a forbidden fruit to lap the silver at his thighs -- and i think how our ribs should have threaded, our spines coiled together, our shimmering vertebrae tangled in the sunlight of day -- the head rested in the lap, fingers flittering to touch the open air, soft, swaying. cumulus clouds and the dust in our wake. 

 

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