▌ ➸ ● ♘
oh no --- no no no. not like this, not here. not
now, was doing so well, thirteen days & then
counting without losing it, without INCIDENT.
step back, quick feet, hide those pretty teeth.
the rarer is is, the more it’ll hook you. like the
hint of aged wine --of elegance & tenderness.
& darker, deeper, richer -- NO, no, STOP IT.
throat clearing. danny, you’re danny. & she’s
HURT. --- pause & approach, caution in step.
bend, shushing -hard swallow, harder speech.
“ well
screw your plan ----
or lack there of.
we need to go.
brace yourself. “
an arm under knees, snaking ‘round small of
back & lifting - easily & without asking. far too
easily honestly, even for an athlete. & cradling,
clutch. not eating, not dropping, damned either.