Tango
by David Berger, Jacquie Pearce, Michael
Dylan Welch, Michelle Schaefer, James Rodriguez, and Vicki McCullough
First published in Seabeck Reunion, the Seabeck Haiku Getaway tenth
anniversary anthology (Bellevue, Washington: Haiku Northwest Press, 2020), page
87. Originally written 28–29 October 2017 at the Meeting House at the Seabeck
Conference Center in Seabeck, Washington.
midnight—
you roll over
and wake to the moon David
my kisses follow
the curve of light Jacquie
our legs entwined
wordless
we fall to the floor Michael
a tease of breasts
and squeeze below Michelle
my tongue
in your mouth
you draw me in James
rising on the sultry air
the yowl of a cat Vicki
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