I love you with
all the relaxation
in my shoulders
as your lats
Tag: physical touch
More Than All the Space
You have no act or game,
but the boy with the guard up gets pretty far,
so you follow him at a distance, down the path he paves.
You take my consent to him as your encouragement,
and though it would have been so unlike you,
you should have used your privileges sooner-
You had them before he did.
Still, your truth is perfect-
The Spot
two hands
to hold or to have
with the trees as our witness,
ask
for the sparrows that record our song
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The Captain
He’s thin as a rail with this equally thin
yet deceptively puffy, oversized jacket-
navy, that
he never removes.
He’s also got a farmer’s hat
with secret script written round the rim.
He never removes this,
save for in prayer.
He claims that he’s an alien.
Reunion
My body talks. Does yours speak the same language?
I tell mine to stay silent just in case.
I do not sit in your chair, or rest my head
on your leg, or let you stroke my hair.
I do not tip my face
onto your cheek:
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