the paineater

she beckons for a gleaming kiss with nails 

like skewers glinting clutching close for a 

languid foray between lips

past protective gates, pearlescent doors

she traces smooth pink down into where the

memories slid, fell and settled, hunting with

tongue dipped deep into undersoul to taste nectar 

gathered dew all the days before

layers of unthought of decades

the morsel, found

a tear glazed offering

sweet despair encrusted crystallized want

pure longing for the unattainable your outstretched yearn

begging in dripping ribbons like so many unfulfilled

caramelized prayers ladled into her greedy palms