TREE
you took me over the vast plains
of this place
seemingly
through brush and under temperate
suns moons and stars
we found it
the Tree
gleaming lushly with leaves
its roots firm, twisting
(like our thighs last
night) standing tall rightly
within the most supple ground
it looks so familiar
("did we sleep under it last night?
i have seen this tree before
it reminds me of
your breath")
its bark smooth unblemished
and waiting for us to seize it
and take it i wanted
to bite it oddly enough (i can't
say why) but i was afraid
to seize it in my mouth
as i saw velvet fruit
in the curling branches
jostling in the wind
that God blew over us
it glistened and shimmered
as we waited for its
moistness dripping succulantness
just out of reach of our
aching
tongues
our eyes grew as wide
as the fruit, watered moreso
and yearned for our teeth
to piece that violet flesh, like
roses but much more moist
we knew it had to be ours
we knew it had to be ours
i knew it had to be mine
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