Two loops in a vertical line Flipped horizontal to get infinity it's fitting For all the lifetimes as star crossed L o v e r s - how I’ll always hurt My skin taut and sore under my now second skin A bundle of nerves sits along the soft milk shade On my inner arm, adjacent to Breast, if I wanted to keep warm I whispered, soft underbelly
Her hands steady, the machine droning on That prickly heat moving Over and over As flesh cried out in protest E l e c t r i c B u r n
and a dreamy distraction my eyes wandering the room, a baby monstera plant by the window, light reflecting off the hanging glass vase, Melty sun, framed art hung on the walls in neat rows, dragon scales Luna the black cat, brings me to childhood Sailor Moon Large feline eyes smiling from a perch
this ritual continues the needle digging sharp electric zings in automatic and I reach for Mozart through budded ears to d r o w n out the machine's buzz S e a r i n g vulnerable Liquid Matter
When she moves to outer arm I begin to doze, mystical Stirring awake, a nymph nap To images made from my w o r d s heavy wooden doors Hanging ivy Lynx eyes H a d e s
Persephone suffering for a dark love, lethal beauty In a diadem of infinite E i g h t s
Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole 