Gaia Holmes
Night
The bedroom window is open
the coldness of the coming storm
masks the thick scent
of last night's love.
The moon is low
and I am thin as tracing paper,
nothing left but my outline.
My head is full of voodoo,
my frail breath
like bitter oranges,
and you lie on the bed
in your crucifixion pose.
My task is to keep you alive
with bread and wine,
to keep your heart pumping
with the voltage of my yew tipped fingers,
to make you cry like the new born.
The dome of the mosque glints at me
across the rooftops
like a fat and mystic eye.
Outside, children crazy on the electric
dance in a trance;
heels thumping, hair streaming,
plastic sandals flapping on the warm tarmac.
Tonight the world is full of sprites.
the coldness of the coming storm
masks the thick scent
of last night's love.
The moon is low
and I am thin as tracing paper,
nothing left but my outline.
My head is full of voodoo,
my frail breath
like bitter oranges,
and you lie on the bed
in your crucifixion pose.
My task is to keep you alive
with bread and wine,
to keep your heart pumping
with the voltage of my yew tipped fingers,
to make you cry like the new born.
The dome of the mosque glints at me
across the rooftops
like a fat and mystic eye.
Outside, children crazy on the electric
dance in a trance;
heels thumping, hair streaming,
plastic sandals flapping on the warm tarmac.
Tonight the world is full of sprites.
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