Saturday, June 29, 2024

Sweat on a plum’s skin July 2012

 

I know how sweet you’ll taste

even before I taste you.

From the drip of your lips.

Like the sweat on a plum’s skin,

 so ripe, I ache to pluck you

from that high branch I can’t possibly reach.

I’m always seeking more than I deserve,

desperate to bite deep into the flesh of it,

letting your tender pulp drip down

 into my wide open mouth,

 your essence spilling out

over my lips and chin and onto my chest.

I know how sweet you’ll be

long before the tip of my tongue

 reaches the pit,

your moist presence over all of me,

it is never enough.

 


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