Tag Archives: unsettling

The Paleontologist’s Blind Date Comments Off on The Paleontologist’s Blind Date

You have such lovely bones, he says,
holding my face in his hands

Aphrodisia 1

Love’s language is hyperbole, but whispered,
sibilant similes and promises sotto voce.

Heart to Heart Comments Off on Heart to Heart

It’s neither red
nor sweet.
It doesn’t melt
or turn over