Wednesday, April 22, 2020

when prompted for care





when prompted for care 
you choose:

cashmere: cotton: merino: because weather (sky/otherwise)
red: yellow: black: because visibility (need/incognito)

jeans: skirt: bare naked: because dressed (the last never/otherwise)
always: once upon a time: because pleasure (comfort/overrides)

kissing: hugging: distance glancing: because flirty (married/otherwise)
pucker: stiff: swift: because aroma (habit/foreplay)

talk: whisper: hold my tongue: because keeping peace (blood/otherwise)
lie: truth: implode: because nevernever (always/all ways)

whiskey: gin: hot brew: because never mind take it all (neat/otherwise)
water: tonic: self-ground whole bean: because stomach (moaning/morning)

fish: chicken: nothing at all: because hunger (teethtongue/otherwise)
trout fillet: breast and leg: empty plate: because uninspired (flesh/bone/no)

wake up: sleep late: never sleep: because blink (pillow/otherwise)
blink: dream: blink : or or or sheep: because counting (hoof/hoof/ boy
                                                                                         down the lane wool)

fiction: mystery: sci-fi: because facts (stated/otherwise)
western: Scottish Highlands: Venus: because sit your ass (or stand/genuflect)

stay: go: waver after her latestlast extubation: because who knows (dying/otherwise)
pull up a chair: I got to get home: I don't know how long (it takes/it takes)

write this: type this: say this out loud: because instructions (follow/or other wise)
ball point: qwerty: tongue and teeth: because: eat ! eat! (starve/no don't, please) eat.



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