Chinadoll

I remember your hands 

and their journeys,

firm and sure

they planed my hips,

and smoothed thighs

to abandonment 

 

you touched my eyes

asleep,

as if you could see 

the visions of want

in my dream,

rimming my lips of the taste

lingering from my last meal, 

(sometimes you)

 

your hands haunt me

like ghosts of themselves

where once, you would need

to feel the pressure of us

 

now,

you pick me up like fine china

and press my hands to your lips

as if sipping tea

 

treat me as iron and marble

pound and polish me

 

until I beg for no more
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Semeniuk Avatar
June 1, 2010 at 9:04 AM
great write!..so fresh and raw yet so pure and soft!
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