the sensual world

mmh

yes

then i'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth

going deep south

go down

mmh

yes

took six big wheels and rolled our bodies

off of howth head and into the flesh

mmh

yes

he said i was a flower of the mountain

yes

but now i've powers o'er a woman's body

yes. stepping out of the page into the sensual world. stepping out. to where the water and the earth caress

and the down of a peach says mmh

yes

do i look for those millionaires

like a machiavellian girl would

when i could wear a sunset? mmh

yes

and how we'd wished to live in the sensual world

you don't need words--just one kiss

then another. stepping out of the page into the sensual world

stepping out

off the page

into the sensual world. and then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech

mmh

yes

and then he whispered would i

mmh

yes

be safe

mmh

yes

from mountain flowers?

and at first with the charm around him

mmh

yes

he loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts

he'd rescue it

mmh

yes

and his spark took life in my hand and

mmh

yes

i said

mmh

yes

but not yet

mmh

yes

mmh

yes.