the whole room went up in sex
as you entered the party
the petals of all the plants contorted
into your sun core
eclipsing your pistil
& I sulked like a hairy weed
down in a cement guillotine
stuffing wads of pollen dust
into my pockets.
I wilted in desire
for your phases.
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