Let me be clear, here.

May I?
I want you rough
I want you chipped     hardened
wide    toothy smile

spitting rocks off your tongue
your scent grips
the air around me    and knocks
on the small of my neck

May I?
run my tongue across
your teeth and smile too?

I want fistfulls of your hair
your slate grey irises trapped
on my tongue

roll them around until you’ve seen
all of me
May I?
run my finger down
your earlobe fuzz
to jawbone
forever        May I?

it would feel    like forever
the heat burrowing in my stomach
would make sure of that

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