do you really think
my poems are too intimate
with too much sly heat
am i too much
i did my laundry today and
i saved the flannel blankets for last
so when i crawled into the futon
the dryer heat would still linger
but i am not going to say
how you could possibly torch
and night of passion
or how just your embrace
would be all the sly heat
one could stand
i will just say good night
to you where you are and
me with my night alone