darkness and the tableau
principle montage
compose in essential constellations
emerge,
like this, from inside
invisibly practice longing
set foot in my poems lie on your back
words whisper in your ear
listen closely and need them all.
tying and untying
ropes knotted
multiply heightened
desire
in you tonight,
tooth edges feel the
gorgeous generous branching of veins.
swallow me whole
while I ride
the throaty thrill—
fierce and sudden:
grasping
and wet.