burn

only fools fall asleep
in the first suns days

the robins still singing
hopping for meals

and now this

"quit laughing its goddamn painful"

I smile at your beautiful skin
peeling like old parchment

"you should just curl around some
 stones like the snake and peel
 it off like a glove!"

"I'll peel you like a glove" and you
throw a pillow and then howl

oh my love I shall peel away
your forgetfulness

roll over now and lets start
the other side
thank goodness you had some
covering

the robin is still singing when
the dusk orb is golden
and heavy

when the cool cream and cloth'
do their magic

and sultry shadows
sink through the quiet house
and dreamplay rests
where needed

its safe its dark almost
and I can come out

night is my realm