
photo by Martin Rietze
Accelerants
The night we became a tangle, surrounding ourselves
in the body push and all the wet permissions of ignition,
we set ourselves on fire. This wasn't a problem until
we started to get dressed and were both smouldering
we looked so good. We set ourselves up against the night,
our car comet; smoking at all the stop signs. That one spot
just behind and below your ear, how I can't stop kissing
you right there, this crossroads. Other drivers fuming
for activity. And when we let loose, our shoes all fluid
later on a dance floor made of sharp volcano sounds. Ā
We told the bouncers that gravity kept getting too close,
and told the other dancers how we warmed the place
up for them. Then we ran out into the dry grass night,
the grease-fire night; a soft explosion punctuating night
again and one more time, oh my God, we are arclight
so much we just left the full moon exhausted by dawn.
We are combustible bodies, we are fuzzy yawns, open
grins. We are what is leftover of night. After ignition,
after fire, after hush, we are still warm to the touch-
woodsmoke, love sweat, both, cooling in the night air.
13 Affirmations For Negative People
1. I am Creative in all areas of my life... this includes lying right?
2. I am ready to receive all Life has to give. I mean it... I have a gun.
3. I forgive my past. If it could just tell me where it is currently hiding,
I'd like to "forgive" it... personally...
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