Deep in the Pink
    by T.L. Kelly
    with Jane Reichhold

     

    ambrosia tongue deep in the pink conch shell -- tlk
    blowing on one end clear tones all around -- jr
    breeze from behind whistling boys bone white bikini -- tlk
    on her shapely hips jealous-green eyes -- jr
    falling to her knees the red silk kimono -- tlk
    fastened in place by blood-gorged lips -- jr
    opened by heat the morning sun enters with him -- jr
    only moments before the chill up her spine -- tlk
    parting cold on pearly teeth her sad smile -- jr
    he swears it was only heavy breathing not yes yes yes -- tlk
    whispers white among the rocks at high tide -- jr
    drifting out to sea his fishing pole her bait -- tlk
    a heart-shaped shell in a sea-green glow -- jr
    tender to the touch her hidden stretch marks -- tlk
    lifelines hum a colorless love song -- jr
    holding my tongue in the abandoned mineshaft -- tlk
    black sweat work of naked men -- jr
    golddigger at the salt lick a sudden urge -- tlk
    the sound of water -- tlk
    daubed on paper white-out corrects copy -- jr
    dear Jesse stop please read stop my lips stop -- tlk
    expletive deleted part of a woman's body -- jr
    to be ready when lights and libido dim eyes wide open -- tlk
    big and blue they are but not innocent -- jr
    tattoo on her ankle glows a full moon -- tlk
    greenish yellow her bruises -- tlk
    Thanksgiving between us the table talks -- tlk
    black and white answers the Ouija board -- jr
    in and out of the branches mare's breath -- tlk
    her brush words wet the tinted paper -- jr
    damp folds forced open by a finger -- jr
    into the envelope any soldier in the gulf -- tlk
    a thousand and one nights home from the desert sand -- jr
    rain falling on the stained glass smell of fresh sex -- tlk
    altar boys' candles drops on long fingers -- jr
    reflected deep in the holy water birth of venus -- tlk

     

 

 


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