give me something I can feel
gnaw the stitches open
and bleed me from the inside
until I am only woman
lipstick smeared and wearing
the bones of men
I smell the hide of your animal
it penetrates amnesia
thrusts against the white noise
desecrates the voices
wets me until I am female skin
again and wanting
cast to the earth for cleansing
moaning guttural poetry
against the mud we make
your nails snared in the flesh of me
dirty and redeemed
condemn me to unfulfillment
I smile slow and reach for you
under coverlets of darkness
you will nurse the need
from eager slippered fingers
and we will dine upon each other
until we are sinless hungry
again
and
again
and
again