Wednesday, April 19

Sleepy Tingles

 I want to move, but

The fear kicks in—of waking him

He obliviously shifts position

And          we’re 

    suddenly

           contorted.

Like a sly ninja

My arm hides under the slumbering boy;

Keeping secrets from his neck.


An arm that has lost all sensation--

Crammed beneath his temple. 

Yet in the process,

We have built our own fleshy mosque.


Yes, I am beneath you,

(Although I prefer being on top)

Entangled—or should I say entingled?—

With relentless pins jabbing in,

Harder at work now,

Piercing deeper and quicker.


The tingles deter sleep,

But they feel like how the stars look;

(Even though my starry night lacks hydrogen, 

helium, 

and a dense cloud

Within its life cycle)

And definitely has a great attractor.


20 April 2000-14 February 2001