lessons in woodcraft

by p q laertes


living out here makes
eternity out of two weeks off. I woke to
sun in my eyes and your
sillouette, your body,
only in profile,
naked and riverwashed and
sleek. You teach me to make fire
in the evening and pull me
near the flames. The smell of burning
wood and you makes me drowsy, I'm drunk
on dirty fingers,
on mosquito infested peace.
deeply you touch me,
clever in your eyes and your hands,
raking me, like you were planting seeds (
all my roots grow towards you)
firemaking is overrated, Benny. Let's stick to the dark and the
trees


lessons in woodcraft 1996 by p q laertes
pqlaertes yahoo com
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