Monday, August 21, 2006
Meow
Sink your teeth into my bloodstream, splash the ache to the ceiling and back. Become my feline goddess at the window, putting her tiger skin back on in shameful haste as the light races you to the front door. Marks and moisture will become a hardened skin of mine, which I will wear with pride as I smile, touching your claw marks dazed on the way to the bathroom. Crumbling into a hot pool of water, one hour’s sleep next to a wild cat satisfies my need for exhaustion. Every night is the same, attacking the warm black fur of home makes you screech, and retaliating you reach up into me as if you are trying to grasp my thumping heart like a catnip toy. My feelings will evade you as I flip you onto your reddened back to tease, you bat me with your soft hands as eventually you curl into a warm damaged ball beneath my armpit as I stroke behind your bitten ears.
¶ 8:49 pm 
