prey

give me something I can feel
gnaw the stitches open
and bleed me from the inside
until I am nothing but a woman
lipstick smeared and wearing
the bones of men

I seek the hide of your animal
to penetrate amnesia
thrust against the white noise
desecrate the voices
wet me until I am female skin
again and wanting

cast me to the earth for cleansing
moaning guttural poetry
against the mud we'll make
your nails snared in the flesh of me
dirty and redeemed

condemn me to unfulfillment
I smile slow and reach for you
under coverlets of darkness
you will nurse the need
from eager slippered fingers
and we will dine upon each other
until we are sinless hungry
again and
again and
again
H