can I explore you? definitely with my hands and maybe with my mouth. if that’s cool with you. I want to pet your fur and prod your muscles. will you let me nibble on your soft spots? I anticipate electricity: an accidental tickle startling two bodies with a shared shiver. our physical distance so rigid until now suddenly unbearably close—in the seeking of calm, I’d like to explore you. maybe with my hands and definitely with my mouth. if that’s cool with you

the way your tone changes when the dogs don’t listen. measuring care by offered spa treatments. it isn’t about a person but a safety. not a moment but an honesty. when we dance at graduation. tense moments, false accusations. righteousness, lately worth wariness. the work, always worth everything.