The Pit of Her Stomach
She brushes her fingertips
down her own skin and dreams of him
rising like a tide inside her,
his tongue between her teeth.
She waits for the stars to fall ripe into her palms,
and for the messiah.
She waits, heart in mouth,
for his breath against her bones.
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