flash and pulse,
waves caused
by stones skimming
on unnatural lakes
of black and white.

lust-pics
from the recent past
fanned across
our champagne bed
like a spade
straight flush,

make noir, granite,
longings and libido
that yesterday were
dreams of color,
of tangerine thighs
and writhing lemon hair.


�2005 by Craig Kirchner