The anatomy of a touch
Tlhaba
o narela
meleko.
Pierce
the. yaka
skin until
temptation
wakes.
Phurunya
shafa
ka
lerato
stroke the contour with a
fierce
devotion swara kathatha o ntlpape
mmele—
hold
me tight enough to leave your mapping
on
the
flesh
Tap_softly
at_ the
door_of_sense
kokota bjalo ka menwana kokometsa
W_I_T_H
fingers
knocking, pressing
inward with an endless
tenderness,
while thought is palped
and
examined—
o tlhatlhobe ka go swara
monagano
ke
lebale—
until
the mind forgets
its
own name and
s_u_r_r_e_n_e_d_e_r_s
t_o
t_h_e
l_e_t_l_a_p_a
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