sparkling explosion of
cellophane and champagne nails
tickle birthmarks down a
back.
fallen glitter eyeshadow
dances on a throat:
roving crescent moons
from everywhere a lip hit
and pieces of gold dust
rolled off a nose. 

bare mattress,
ripped each corner of sheet off.
a girl licking a cheek and
hearts like lava
fill the blue gray cracks.
im telling him ghost stories and
feeding him berries in bed.
mouth filled with laughs.
I’m in an afghan
sinking my teeth into a shoulder,
straddled with bare feet.
and what else?

I’m somewhere else.

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