Out

take me out
in the cold
alone Night

bright star speckles
silent
and Time slowed
to still water

sit beside me
but don’t touch

let the black
bleed between us
blindfold our eyes
leak into our lungs

take me out
to smoke and diminish
into frosted grass blades

hold the scent of me
in your mouth
and blow it through your teeth

look at my
eyelashes
(and don’t

speak)



quiet drift
along the
breezeless air

fold yourself
inside
and wait
for nothing to happen

take me out
in the cold
alone Night

and don’t ask me
why