i read like a thermostat
i feel cold shrill of eyes
hot blisters of souls
i’ve seen aplenty
fully literate to the hunger
inside denim of men
with twenty tongues
pulling their weight
like untrained dogs
they lick my face to a swell
heating and cooling
my metals expand
silvers contracting
but I can very much tell
who is ready
who is not
some do
some talk
if you'd like
to open me wide like a mouth,
be mean with your smile
to get my thaws down to feet,
**** fire to the wind
with the door
wide open
let
it
all
hang
i’m very keen on intense
i salute a heavy gut
and the confidence of a mutt
an appetite
and if I’m truly your win,
jackhammer
the thermostat
out of the wall
get the wires all bent
and with violence
cement
the
type
of
love
that
knocks
me
dead
completely illiterate
i don’t want to think