Blood, Ivory and Pearl

shadows slumber as the sun goes down oversized by a sky made in a shimmering dusk. beside me there is your heat. suddenly sultry moist as the days sweat cools on my skin. you turn. orange light makes lips' pinks ochre to a shade covering pearls. damn your eyes as they read intention. you arch and curl a lip slowly to reveal blood coveting ivory. i am both drying to dust and, dripping beads urging to necklace with ivory and pearls, as you finish the smile on my neck and complete the dark.