Melting

Pink tissue, undone
Stiches dissolved in revolving kisses last night
Finger pads traipse your chest,
Soft and warm

Pink tissue, undone
Little wounds, wormholes of buried blood clot, 
Whistling tale of lost bones
Slouched in the shadows of the cabinet corner
Calciferous root and mesa
Drilled up and out
Jaw aches, remembering

Pink tissue,
Undone in your room
under rose light
Potted plants breathe in shadowed edges
album cover artists stare at 
Polaroid friends in half surprise

We kiss ‘til the tape player clicks
New album notes hit the air
We shed layers

Pink tissue, undone
hint of blood with kitchen key turning cold lock
counter butter unfolds in dinky dish 
under blank light

I charged autumn aspen yellow
when you sung melodies up my spine
Stripped one tear
At our goodbye,
1 am, on your porch
Water and salt for words
Dissolving under my tongue
Undoing like stitches

Butter on the counter, cold lock
Coagulated lard, loosening
Help it
It does not want to unfold here

Shoot up my jaw in the mirror
Water and salt
Dredge up masticated bits
flood the sink

We stood on wood 
1 am
Chests brushing
I swallowed-
I love you-
your warm eyes
your thoughts, swimming along mine
hiking on cracked earth and bay leaves
you mentioned a desire to plant basil
right when I thought it

I’ll miss you-
Two states over
Unpacking sweaters thick enough for snow

Spurt syringe water,
Flushing
your fingers on my skin,
flushing
butter sits in stale air
adipose undoing
help me
I do not want to unfold here
Help me
I’m melting