When I bite my lip
I remember how you do it
And how I do it for you
Music washes my body
Just like
The sunlight of your presence
Your smell fills my nostrils
If only in memory
My spirit remembers the way
Yours touches it
And lets mine
Stroke yours
Throbbing, my heart
(Amoung other parts)
How I make my own nails dig
To match the sweet markings
The reflexes that
Make us all animals
Starting with you and I
As Shakespeare would say
'The beast with two backs'
Although, we'd never stick
To just that
More inclined to your absence
A bare wisp of your memory
Than any physical presence
Any semblance of attraction
Scattered in the face of yours
My body, limp
Six minutes, ten seconds
Of coquetry
Self-inflicted
The greatest hint of bliss I can muster
Without your flawless visceral lustre