Gelid Night

Gelid Night

Gelid night,

Vanilla fingertips gone

Deathcab for Cutie

Running cigarette burns along my cheek

Like a madman hungry for logic.

Post-coital, postprandial

Walk along the riverbank reveals a

Particularly local palynology:

I respire tree gametes that

Inflame my membranes.

Trips to cinnamon and saffron—

Water-damaged remembrances &

Verbal genetic loss means

The known now gone forever.

Serpent receding into the navel.