fruit salad

her eyes follow me

hidden beneath blunt cut bangs

cherries on her dress

 

cherry red kisses

peach tinged breasts tipped a ripe brown

she tastes of mango

 

fingertips stained red

sticky with raspberry juice

so sweet on your lips

 

strawberry  lips press

along jawbone and pulse point

his heart beats faster

The tale of two kitties

One of my cats plays

in paper bags, cardboard boxes –

hiding,

circling,

looking for a way out

of a place he pranced into,

and a place

at one time

he wanted to be.

 

My other cat waits

for unknowing passers-by’s

naked heel

springing forth

from behind the recliner chair

to capture the opportune moment,

wrest away from life

the desired prize.

 

I wonder if I

could be like this fat cat,

pouncing,

claiming,

taking advantage

of knocked-on-doors,

lights not burned out

 

 

or if my choices,

like the other,

would leave me

trapped inside.

 

variations in blue

Beneath blue moonlight

She rocks by open window

Waiting for him still

 

scratchy records play

Ella singing summertime

Moon traces blue tears

 

twelve-string plays softly

melancholy notes in G

she wears a blue dress

 

gently his hand slides

down the cleft of her bare back

ella sings the blues

~~~~~

Relentless clear sky

Lawn crisps to needle like shards

My garden withers

Hidden beneath the porch steps

Seven blue violets survive

~~~~

bathed in sweat droplets

her fan painted with cherries

blue popsicle drips

Haiku

Sun baked earth
Mist rising from the fields
After the rain

NaHaiWriMo in August 2012

Haiku a day – again!

Sally, porn star extraordinaire

.

.

.

I must have been a porn queen

in a life before this,

to have this burning,

secret

desire to simply fuck

in open spaces,

where someone,

anyone

could watch me,

you,

us,

moving together-

rejoicing in our ecstasy,

burning with jealousy,

relishing our abandoned,

synchronous movement.

.

This knowing a secret

twenty-dollar bill

tucked deep

in a forgotten pocket,

if only

you could remember

exactly where you left it

or

how to stretch fingers out,

just beyond your grasp.

.

So

I’ll make love to you –

legs entangled,

our harmonies like crickets

nestling in the grass,

my  sounds swallowed

by your mouth.

And just over the hill-top

the music plays

and the looky-loos travel on,

us visible

only in peripheral vision

as you slide your fingers deeply

into my pockets,

touch all my edges –

searching for secrets.

.

I feel the porn star slipping past.

With you she’s always there,

never out of reach.

.

Love,

Sally

The many grits of sandpaper

soft, raspy with sleep

your voice cracking as you paint

breath strokes on my neck

~

reddened from the sun

even your white cotton sheets

rasp against my skin

~

a calloused hand

rasps across my belly

slips under the lace

~

your teeth rasp against

my finger drawn from your mouth

the wetness glistens

Pliant

Morning-

body warm, supple

under teal T-shirt,

loose-jointed before

coffee solidifies

sleep-softened bones.

 

Lips brush aside

wayward strands,

skin salty on the tongue.

 

Sun streams dust-dappled

casting shadows-

your nipple

taut

through the cotton.

 

My body

tightens

in response.

How a memory lingers?

I sit in moonlight

shadows stretch across the street.

Man walks past the stoop –

cherry pipe smoke trails behind.

It smells of your green sweater.

~~~

I fold my laundry,

harshly snapping out wrinkles.

Only one basket.

Your shirt feels soft on my cheek,

but scent no longer remains.

silvered seduction

your face in shadow
blurred silhouette hesitates
framed by the doorway

so sheer in moonlight
your blue dress slides slowly
puddles at your feet

the curve of your back
painted silver by moonlight
as you turn away

heat of your body
sliding between cool white sheets
fevered as I touch

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