Capsaicin’s Kiss
To be kissed in the living room
by a jalapeño’s capsaicin, kitchen simmering—
a tickle in the throat, the seed of a laugh, stuck.
The Tiki Masala bubbles and the sliced peppers
are green coins, swimming, something inside me …
To be kissed in the living room
by a jalapeño’s capsaicin, kitchen simmering—
a tickle in the throat, the seed of a laugh, stuck.
The Tiki Masala bubbles and the sliced peppers
are green coins, swimming, something inside me …
Orb Eater
Float a line on the wind
and see what it catches.
A radius of silk built on the Y
of a wishbone and a wreath of smoke
haloed above your head
and below the moon’s skull.
Eat the …