B65
Public Record
Excerpt from novel: with Abandon

we fucked last night.

and I don't use that word lightly.
it was ravenous
and it was heavenly.
She was fascinating
and She loved my fascination.
we both came quickly,
tiredly,
in the correct order:
Her then me.

Her mouth was the wet
on my shoulder and femur.
She tasted like sweat
and perfume made of rosaries.
the air thick with pheromones
my head spun lysergic dreams;
growing shrinking breathing with the walls
inhale exhale in
my mouth salivating for sweet
freckles and epidermis.

twisting like a double-helix
around each other’s genomes
hair blinding and tugging and
quick laughter spinning me up like a silkworm.
Her smile made two distant corners of her mouth,
tasting equal parts salty, breathy.
Her breasts fitting in my palms
like a heart in its cage—
soft and calm and maternal.
a birthmark: a secret kept above the left lung;
expanding, condensing,
inhale exhale in
my eardrums gasping
fingers gliding across tiny hairs
eating feasting devouring
then
cocooned in softly freckled forearms
sleeplessly.

we smiled through heavy breaths
with her rib cage under my head
and her hands in my hair
and it was love
like I could only remember.

Frida Bilson