oxidised

a gusting upon

your rippled tongue,

supple, com-

bursting,

my interior red-

uced down.

feverish residue dissipates.

succulent, these insides,

with embers strewn across,

caught aglow

in only your tenor.

soon

enough inclement,

settling to submerge

my skin barren.

grasping, but to sustain

no longer

other seeds in dispersion.

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