I crave the sky’s sorrows on my skin
to drown my pores,
ripping out the weeds,
and make the earth glisten
like a penny dipped in acid
the impurities precipitated
into crumbs that are brushed
tumbling into abyss
with a single stroke.

Lukewarm under the sum
mer storms as the heat cracks
Kisses to ease the blisters
between lashes
of that unrelenting whip
leeching the heat away
with each sl
ow seductive trickle
leaving a body arched
and
breath
less.