not when you kissed me taking that much time

or when, my blouse fallen open, you pressed the hard flat of your hand
firmly to my sternum, my throat
already dry from you

it was when you let me
after hours of you inside me let

me enter you
entire as the world we made that first
clear night the night

sky rimming an uncharted world



--Melanie Braverman

from RED [Perugia Press]