Apples are tantalizing.

They tease me,
their red and green brightness,
so crisp and juicy,
and my braces

Sleep is tantalizing.

Uninterrupted sleep
that is,
no *****-covered toilets
or hospital visits for kidney stones

And silk is tantalizing.

But I will never slip into sheets
your white silk ones
and feel those slippery folds
on my bare stomach -

I should cross that one off.