Thursday, April 18, 2024

A sip of wine (2012)

 

Your fingers curl around

The stem of the wine glass

But not too tightly,

Moving up and down,

Long fingers leaving

A slight smudge

Where they’ve been,

Your mouth poised

At the rim

Where the red wine is

Red lips slipping red wine

As your fingers go

Up and down,

Slowly, steadily,

A calculated gesture

I can’t help but watch,

Lips parting for each sip

Red wine dripping

At the corners of your mouth,

Like blood,

But not blood,

Like my blood

Rather than wine.

 


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