Next Night

I hate the self-immolation
of orange sex.
Weather was leaving
blue strings on the skin.

Redemption was incomplete 
by sharing the legs
Lips will not knead
the ears.

Like wakng in darkness
for a passage to grief.
Black moon will step aside
for a flame at the end of tunnel.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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