Saturday, February 15, 2025

Metal ribs Nov. 5, 2024


 I press my frigid fingers against the radiator to make them warm, aching for something softer when hard metal is all I have, memory of more gentle places has to do me, this chill comes each time this year, clinging to me like an unwanted child, I bear it because I have no choice and seek the warmth of ribs of steel rather than the more tender folds of flesh I most ache for, the recollection of what that felt like, how warm, how soft, how moist, how its scent lingered long after I ceased to touch, too much for too little time, its warmth dying more for me inside than this overheated metal can, when all I really have is a memory.


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