i.
we
swam in the clouds, often-
you breathed, once-
twice we
sailed in the
dirt
the amount of time
we bathed in ecstasy, rarely
(it is that second your tongue
did not entwine with
my own)
so
how far down
did you say
i fell into the hole
the rabbit owned
i dirtied my floral dress
that my mother had sewn me
so your hands would try to get
through the fabric
in order for me to become naked
my mother had sewn
a second coat of skin for me
there were only scrapes left
from my
escalation
but they were not
my own
i know they did not belong to me
i did not possess
these scrapes
the collection of china
clanked and imprinted the
revelation
of how
the clouds
are no
longer
the color of
ecstasy
rarely, they were even
clouds
but i am breathing now




