AUDIO: Did You Know…
Did you know that
tonight in your face
between the opening and closing
and pressing together again
of your lips
in laughter and saying what you like
in smiling in smirking and silliness
in being beautiful and funny
in spite of your hiding it
I saw every ounce of your desire
It was in the way you drank
your request for the red ménage
and the way of your unabashed hand
delicate and firm and certain
your palm
against the crown of my hand
warm like the fountain of wanting
carrying you through the unmanned hours of the new house nights
the air pressing against your skin
the towels falling away
your hair damp and dreaming of gray
it was in the way you sat
perched at the head of someone else’s table
me to your right hand
others watching through the door frame
seeking out the lifted eye of your invitation to the laughter and chatter
waiting on the red river of your lips
to break into an ocean of white toothed welcoming
and me
wanting more and even more
of them at the gates
even now
that table long emptied and wiped of joy
even now
I find myself looking to my left
hoping for just your laughter
or the delicious surrender of cashews
riding melting salt crystals onto your tongue
crossing that red parted pillow of your lips
being caught as any fool would desire
in the white pressure of your first teeth
surrendering like prey
to the succulent science of
such a small bite
of such a delightful desire
to satisfy your late and getting later
night hungers
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Jas. Mardis is an awarded Poet, Writer and Fabric Artist living in Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro area.
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