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 vomit-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.