trail of pants shirts underwear
            your plaid boxers my lacy bra

lips tongues teeth
            frantic, pressing

bodies burning
            slick with sweat

encore une fois until           
            we fall into tangled sleep

            ~~~OOO~~~
                       
some parts not so willing
            as we crimp and crease

needing a bit of encouragement
            creams & pills & time

no more orbiting the moon
            or sailing past Sirius

hearts free of feral
            tongues & teeth

yet embers

o yes embers still flare
            & keep us warm