feigning interest sways
hips like lips dancing
across words softly spoken

I met devilish dancers
eviscerating beats gleefully
replacing sound with fashion

the dust-up settles empty
as open eyes focus intently
on the vacancy of touch

when the orgasmic vibrations recede
against the stranger's body
blankly staring at you -

you reach your hand over

and quietly caress

your suddenly naked elbow


the morning comes too quickly
underneath the harrowing sky
cratered in wintered stillness