proxemics

i eat with that mouth, kiss
with it, too, while no 
clasping eyes or subtle-
ties can speak the 
tongue i believed 
about us

all of the time i
thought the point
was biliteracy, not the 
visual cues or the room-wide 
gestures or the damn shoulders 
grazing.

i found a gravely place 
in the soil
before an april showered bloom

to yawn and stretch out last night’s sleep 
each morning,

growing
and growing
until i hit planter.