Sleeping OverFirst published in Blithe Spirit 8:3, September 1998, page 31. See also “Dew on a Rose.” The first poem (in the image) was published in Hiroaki Sato’s Erotic Haiku anthology (Tokyo: IBC Publishing, 2004). + my sheets in the laundry in case you might stay over tonight grocery shopping— first condoms since the breakup my fingers quivering . . . brushing your buttons flickering candle . . . the curve of my palm fits the shape of your breast the candle flickers . . . she smiles and says my panties are edible the ice cube held between my lips . . . hardens your nipple your rhythmic breathing . . . my jeans on the floor bent at the knee riding you . . . the tip of my tongue across your lower lip distant waves— the stretching of your neck with my thrusting in the garbage can wrapper of a condom brand I don’t recognize awake in moonlight beside you I watch your chest rise and fall hitting the snooze button, I disappear back into my love dream |