That’s a Stretch
Bear trapped in backbend
Posture poster child for
Un-gracefulness
Statue of David, meet
Three-legged Gazelle
Shaking, un-swaddled new born
Struggling to cement pose
You approach me, wielding an intrigued pity
Beefcake who’s bareback, (nearly)
Your tank top forms the neatest ‘U’
Pushing past perimeter of your
Armoured tank —
Chest
Home of the Ten Commandments
“Thou Shall Not Lust” —
Nonsense
Etched in stone, this infatuation
Resolute, my desire for your touch
Masking itself as guidance
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Sweat streams in teams, gently coating your
Haagen-Dazs skin
Shades of mocha melt me
Deeper into stupor, so stupendously stupid
I keep a vigil of your aura, a candle pregnant
With 9-months’ wind, blowing northeast of me
A cool breeze, hinting of summer’s past
Making mortality of the seasons known
My weakened spine, the gift of guise
I await your lead, I feminize
My heart, it beats a million times
Though really, it’s only been 4 seconds
A dramatic damsel in pseudo-distress
Contact —
the handcuffs that make the arrest
Your hands, the size of mountains
Meant to mould me like clay
Smooth my slender, gnarled frame
Hey, what can I say?
Turn me into ground again
Make me real, insane
Until I’m mentally meowing
Your generic first name
Hissing at the heat
Your Baltic breathing fills the room
A thunderous jolt of lightning
Your closenessquitefrightening
I swerve, straighten, and tighten
Yes, I stiffen for you
Won’t you pill me, Chaturanga?
Pain punctuates the moment
My poker face somehow remains
“Hold for 3 more breaths”
Oh, now I’m cursing out your name
Still, I’m your perfect angel
The apple of your eye
The reason there is sin on Earth
The one who men despise
I’m still your star pupil, the one whose body’s
Built from light, frame like Coca-Cola
Tongue acidic-ly so Sprite
You turn your back, back to the class
I plummeted onto my —
Mat, now Hell’s firmament
If only Lucifer had stretched before class
To avoid this descent into delusion
But I accept this sinner’s fate
And face the skeletal music
Maddening, marvellous musing
Every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.