string of pearls

diamonds in the river
stardust on my hands

You.

I’m making this an invitation.

This desk? It’s a place of work. A place where writing is done.

It is a place of worship.

Sometimes the desk is covered in papers, books, letters. And sometimes the papers, books and letters are covered by you.

Don’t be shy; you belong there, amongst the words.

Of course, you will you need to be a book without a cover. Necessity demands you lay between the pages naked; how else will my pen discover the metaphors you’ve so cleverly hidden for me to find?

I will turn you so, that the lines of your body follow the lines of my prose. And if I stop for a snack, a small sampling of the better sex, it is only in service of my writing. You will be a-muse-ing, a breathing sculpture (don’t worry, I won’t call you Pygmalion; I have better names for you).

my best friend’s are imaginary

I give names that fit you the best.
Spring! for the Tigger (for so little rest)
Pooh for snacks, both honey and sweet
Eeyore’s the friend too grumpy to meet.

Some days you’re the Owl! Scattered, rambling and wise.
or Kanga, so patient when the best of us cries.
when shy, you are Piglet, ironically bold
for when the world needs a hand, it’s his hand to hold.

in which we follow

“I want you to trace every place my fingers have been.”

“…with my hands, Master?” she asked.

“Yes.”

There have been few scenes as erotic as watching her press shaking hands along the inside her thighs, her breath ragged, her entire body trembling. I watched her replay where my touch had been. Breasts, hips, throat.

If I hadn’t traveled that path just moments earlier, I’d have been as envious as I was hungry.

after the rose (red)

scary, scary, bustle berry
walk the woods but do not tarry
you must go, go, go! and basket carry.
do not wait
or hesitate
but keep real close its familiar weight.
and if you spy his yellow eyes
feel his sharp, sharp teeth
or his smooth, smooth lies
do not look, do not believe
do not listen, he will deceive!
so walk quite fast, and hide your hair
he’s fond of red, like the cape you wear
and if he knows just what you bear
(the secrets in that basket there)
he will follow, follow, follow you most everywhere.

lost

once lost (at the least, slightly misplaced)
red-kissed, moon-touched (her skin, of course) girl
(sometimes a woman)
(unexpected)
last seen in woods
playing
(wolves, bears, nary a scratch)
and painting
(light
on trees)

tipped

Words like water flow
down into the toilet bowl
and if with one finger flexed
I could flush them out to sea?
would they join all the rest
and come floating back to me?