Butterflies
your breath comes ragged
hot
against my neck
my heartbeat flies
butterfly wings
crashing against a cage of bone
your hips move against mine
the heat of your chest
searing my skin
the butterfly wings
falter
hitch
i can’t breathe
you roll over
and with you goes so much of me
the cold slips
between us
over and under and through the hollows of my body
beat, beat, beat
go the butterfly wings
beat, beat
beat
until there is nothing
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