Ebb

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Winston tastes good

like a real man should:


my fingers scrabble

at the edge of my bed

til our fingers inter      lace

his sweat


drips

down my back and

i am holding on for dear life

and, at the end, he sticks

                      velvet

at the back of my throat


he fucks like a

(strong and)

real

(tender)

man

(velvet)

should

(lace)


in

and out

(real)

and in

(man)

and out


and in

and out, the tide murmurs over crab carcasses their

tender bits long since picked out, devoured

and there’s some poem in there but I’m

so

(strong and)

tired I’m

(tender)

so tired I’m

             so

                      tired

of trying to piece things

                              together



—Kaye Veigh