blood rain
by Lake Rain Vajra
you lay your frail body upon my bed
bright death angel
eyes glittering up toward me through the dim night
the room is dark & cold & empty
but for a satin-sheathed bed of shadows
& a rain-stained window large on the night
our faces are lit by the light of streetlamps
two golden nimbuses trembling against the breath of winter
reflecting in the wet black street
it could be blood
that wet that glistens there
all glimmery & shimmery with its oily rainbows
earth blood rain blood
the blood from between your legs
which you tell me falls with the ebbing of the moon
were i to taste this
to caress this thickening
death-life with my tongue
were i this blood to give you too
but i bleed not
i am not of you
yet not of he
i am another
but i could love you as truly
i would curl my tongue as a sheath
& envelop your pearl
the rosy sea shell
curling its lips like a flower
beneath the heat of some bright star
i could learn you better
let me unfold this flower
let me caress it into bloom
with silken tongue & fingers
each petal pulse & glow
& your breath will catch & cry
& your thighs will clench
bury me
bury my head & face & lips & hands
bury all of me
within you
1994
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