a lover's prayer

a lover's prayer

must be boisterous 

and desperate. 

earthy as rooibus tea.

jagged as the face

of cadillac mountain,

it's shallow breath 

a mix of ecstasy and panic.

you don't speak it 

so much as it speaks you.

it teems with overripe cherries

and fried habaneros. 

its lacy thong not quite 

covers the vestigial tail.

it must be written in

the dim light of a waning moo…