XI
HOT AND HIP AND YOUNG
yes, I will miss being hot and hip and young
covered in cum, covered in sweat, covered in my own labor.
drowning in essential oils in the bathtub
lavender dried above my head,
very aware of the grey hairs forming with every little hurt.
do you hear the el above us going into fishtown
into kensington?
walking away from my lover’s house in the afternoon heat
being watched by salivating men, texting a woman
about how badly I would like to be familiar with her thighs
in the morning.
yes, I will miss the stumbling down girard at eight pm,
walking to a block party in july -
as the world gets hotter and hotter and my life gets heated
yet all I really require are lovers with central air
and a car to take us somewhere far far away.
yes, I will miss my golden youth that I have found in your mouth.
yes, I will miss being hot and hip and young
covered in cum, covered in sweat, covered in my own labor.
drowning in essential oils in the bathtub
lavender dried above my head,
very aware of the grey hairs forming with every little hurt.
do you hear the el above us going into fishtown
into kensington?
walking away from my lover’s house in the afternoon heat
being watched by salivating men, texting a woman
about how badly I would like to be familiar with her thighs
in the morning.
yes, I will miss the stumbling down girard at eight pm,
walking to a block party in july -
as the world gets hotter and hotter and my life gets heated
yet all I really require are lovers with central air
and a car to take us somewhere far far away.
yes, I will miss my golden youth that I have found in your mouth.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY, I MISS YOU
eating the fruits of my old country / covered in hot and sweet /
wearing my not rip roi outfit on the street / Tulane covers my ass /
green over my thighs / I recall the way your face loses form / mid-orgasm /
there are only so many countries / I can yearn in / the juice of the pomelo /
is dripping down my mouth / you are dripping down my chin / how many
bodies of water are in between us / my body is a salt sea / many have
drowned in me / ass up / hierarchies will kill us all / creating pyramids
out of bodies / remembering funeral announcements / out of speaker mouths /
in giant trucks / the central american sun / in seventy percent humidity /
hearing you laugh a continent away / I want you covered in lace / or mud / or at all /
pour yourself into me / fill me / if that is what you desire / be big and bright /
eating the fruits of my old country / covered in hot and sweet /
wearing my not rip roi outfit on the street / Tulane covers my ass /
green over my thighs / I recall the way your face loses form / mid-orgasm /
there are only so many countries / I can yearn in / the juice of the pomelo /
is dripping down my mouth / you are dripping down my chin / how many
bodies of water are in between us / my body is a salt sea / many have
drowned in me / ass up / hierarchies will kill us all / creating pyramids
out of bodies / remembering funeral announcements / out of speaker mouths /
in giant trucks / the central american sun / in seventy percent humidity /
hearing you laugh a continent away / I want you covered in lace / or mud / or at all /
pour yourself into me / fill me / if that is what you desire / be big and bright /