a rife scent
like moon glowing
petals sweetly
cutting your rubbing alcohol
to scratch—&
I can’t pretend a lake
doesn’t pull me to pieces
& take my secrets
to keep
*
a saw like a trumpet
the tongue along each
tooth—temper is
a kettle to soak in
heat & ring the brass
the antique moss will
join me off each pebble
& wont remind me
if I don’t turn off
the stove
*
pink moons
float in the midnight blue steam
gowns lighter than when burned
by a lighter
but that smoke
raising from the
blazing taffeta
my god.