Fingers stroking

Fleshy, avocado skin

Shadows twitch

Spasmodically

On vacant irises.

Tongue soft on air,

Tasting bitter intentions

Scald happiness

Like rubbing alcohol

On a zit.

Hair blanketing shoulders.

Flaccid pigmentation captures auburn

In a bear hug, invading sheen

With age.

Movement tickles neck,

Rustling secret whispers

Into attentive ears.

Fingers grasping sausage toes

Whose nails have never been red,

Grazing hair

That could be coaxed into

Kinder storytelling.

Vacant irises

Imprison

Piano fingers

That could share so much beauty

With those hypocrites

Who claim to see.