hot thicket bugs crawling water wells of my eyes yellow shining Yellow heat rising from soft sweaty skin i wanted to be a piece of candy on your tongue sweet spit gathering at the corners of lips drooling in anticipation at honeyed hips soft sugary treats i wanted to be the cigarette in your mouth sinewy stick stuck on the outer fragment of your mind//lips slowly inviting itself into darker deeper districts of your anatomy liquor is quicker than licorice