i feel
the heat tangling stretching strangling
in your presence as if from out
the mouth
the rose
burst
red
dark
smooth
nothing left for
tonight but bask
in remembrance
girl-lady
lover i want
broken as a line of teeth
broken from the jaw and throat
but its impetus whole
as the seed
as the clinging vine
as the sweet root
ripped half by half
from the vocal fold
but the push of the sound
as made
as a whole
world