Throat

Out of a black cloud came a bird Insouciant lay down deferred The taste of you, my fingers heard Out of a black cloud came a bird Out of a black cloud came a bird

She fingered my hips With her blonde fingertips A hangnail set upon a rough terrain Out of a black cloud came a bird She came, she came, she came She came, she came

Tiny bird on skeleton heels Scratches her name in the sky Constellations splintering Stars in my retinae

Out of a black cloud came a bird Insouciant lay down deferred The taste of you, my fingers heard Out of a black cloud came a bird Out of a black cloud came a bird Out of a black cloud came a bird Out of a black cloud came a bird She came, she came, she came She came