The Destitute

She wants to be my bottom bitch
I'm not into bestiality
Long besotted matriarch
From worlds past
Maybe
Next lifetime
She'll come back as my woman
And reign supreme
Instead of this seemingly
Destitute
Prostitute
Who I'd gladly grant
Manumit to...
If only I held
Plenary power
In my palms.

Virtuous

Looked at your picture today
Didn't feel anyway in particular
Until I remembered the way you sound
When you laugh
And I smiled
And released a giggle
Similar to the length of yours
But definitely not the same character you possess
When you give off
All of that
Radiance
I know it's of no importance
What my opinion is of you anymore
But I thank you for your virtues
Bestowed upon me
And reminding me what it feels like to remember something so
Radiant and pure.

Archetype Redux (click for audio)

She is poetry
I read her body
From her words…
To her statements
Decoding everything there is in her body language…
I run my fingers over her
As I get to each stanza
Manipulating her fears of me out of the way
At times holding her hands up…
High above her thoughts…
We take showers in memories
Letting the water drip on us…
Making us wet
Thinking about the day when we first met
The message I first sent After the first piece I read….
Now I play in her--
Making her scream metaphors of pleasure
Giving me subtle hints
That’s every now and then It’s ok to give off similes of pain
Pinning her up against the shower wall
Steam surrounding our bodies…
I run my fingers along her skin
Made of Braille…
I can read her goose bumps…
They tell me not to stop…
I continue…
Down her spine…
From the front to to the back…
From cover to cover I read…her book
I write my own---
After being with her…
Give her a copy…
Autographed….
To: Literacy
---Love Brooklyn----
P.s...Reading is fundamental...
obviously...
From there...
I sit on her shelf for years to come...
For she has become a fan
And refuses to let me go.

Strokes (Click to hear audio)

And despite the numerous bodies of water

Your body is the one
I find myself longing to take laps in
Front stroke
Breast stroke
Front crawl
Freestyle
And backwards...
Open swim is in order
For fluid ranges of motion
In your most southern ocean...
Because despite the most
Beautiful bodies of water
Created in nature...
I find myself wanting to
Perform infinite strokes...
In yours.