discoveries unfold,
into the folds of
my mind
and I swirled her teeth
and treachery around my mouth
like wine and spat them out
there is nothing left of us but
a quarter bottle of whiskey and
half a pack of tax free cigarettes
we smoke, two at a time,
choking back the cheap chemicals
as if they are our tears
and, my darling, I have cried for you, on stained and ***** sheets that I wrap, like a glove, around my trembling bones
taking the eye of the storm into my mouth, like a ripe plum, yellow flesh that taunts my tongue and I let
all of my other senses dull as I taste a mouthful
of you