medicine – taken abstractly while screwing  

bottle of pills.
triple suggested dosage.
grab pen and pipe.
choke back zither smoke.
hash it out over a game of surrealistic scrabble.
smash glass on floor.
eat ink from pen.
smear mouth over lover’s body.
write poems in the key of semen.
(garage pussy rock on the stereo)
hand on mouth.
duct tape ripping.
rugburn.
broken fingers.
eyelashes massing.
curling toes.
smells.
the mind is carbon.

denouement:
smoke settles.
changes.
mouths over wounds
            thirsty for antiseptic

© 2006 Mike Gravel