i.
i like to think back to when
silence was to penetrate. nobody
asked questions; gave up
their ears to vibrations, nothing
orgasmic or even thoughtful
about it.
if anyone protested, they were left
unsatisfied
no stimulation, spinning
in rhythmic gesticulations—tongue,
no tongue; cold hands
and even colder hearts,
two crocodiles biting one
another
to tease out
future plans on a glass bed in a room filled
with kerosene in a world
that wants to burn
through it all.
ii.
she slapped me:
“fuck with your eyes, not with your hands.”
i obliged, looked at her like a meal
i couldn’t eat and said,
“can you say that again
only more poetic?”
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