gumline

slowly, with
resistance,
making most
out of ghost
stories, sheets
with lipstick
stains drape
balcony, a
pretty tele-
scope offering,
excited over-
bite grinding
teeth into
granulars,
it occurs
i am dis-
possessed
by sugar,
keep me
sweet,
darling
(even after
you've
closed
the door),
keep me
sweet.