Pulling Away

playing with lost. junctions and fuses. resonate from groin to cerebrum. narrow targets and quivering darts. choke the moment into orgasm.

engaging the atom. touch is the needle. time is the thread. focus the lens. distance and definition. wet paper in her fist. smaller still. until everything else is huge.

the smoke. radiant and passive. no flame. only burning. the weep of hunger as it tunnels. digs us out. discarded dolls in soiled clothes.

telling the story. teasing the void. the quiet so strong. impossible encyclopedias of skin.

the universe holds its breath. stubborn. afraid. to want again. curtains on the windows. arguing with the rain. poisoning perspective.

partitions in the universe. choices like bee stings.