admit one

i love you ... to the cold marrow, i do beastess of black the art of you, ritualistic, raw all your names wrap me savage, winged and wondrous … tempt me, tepid dragon i dream of the pursuit wrought in timeless space wispy, winding the world biting my tongue with bitter citrus or dripping with rhythmic, parenthetical perfection … dance for me - break at the score, residue-righteous engendered non-generically come, venerated venom and strike true - crimp, shine, bubble, breathe sing my veins ... hot, horrid harlot of the haggard heart neuron-nasty and aflame a receptor conflagration, reborn divinely devilish … i - Mad Molly's sullied son - curse you with all i know and woo you with my innocence, lost i nail you to a cross of considerations and care only to worship your ruin the lion's paw to your Androcles, merciful acid tears to wash your feet and blood … to bind. Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden, February 7, 2021; update November 24, 2023