Los Angeles
tantalized (salivation)
the molé
is
deep
rich as velvet
want to
seep pores in
pungency
salsa of
earth
mud
fecund intoxication
Solitaire I cry whisky on bathroom floor of new friends’ house you once said if I loved you would not die by thirty I’ll sleep with your blanket tonight, duck baby yellow Tomorrow I kiss men to fill the void |
Meet I was fantasy with you except when I made you cereal in the backyard at my childhood home feeling unsure |
8:00 PM my room is a steambox we melt into my bunk bed until we are late |
buzz cut you whisk me away from family reunion of sorts at my house My cousin, giant prune with the squarest head, retired army commander or something You arrive tie-dye dreadlocks ripped skinny jeans dancing on the roof of your mom’s bmw 'If he messes with ya' drawls my cousin 'I’ll beat the piss outta him,' grinning I smile sweetly dash out the door |