Wonton with the Sin of Desire

The ramifications of / wanting wanting anything in / the way one wants to want / I feel / it inside / the body A fine pectoral fin / that protrudes from/ the sternum I look / at the sky through grated / sand particles It is yellow / and yellowing over the basin these / railroad tracks railroad / tracks like intervertebral discs / I crack my own Pop / my back by twisting this way and that I want / to sigh but it gets stuck / in my trachea on the way / out of my / mouth out of my body I / extend / beyond it The tulips / shake to the rhythm of my / breathing but breathing is / extending They shake / pollen onto the kitchen table from my expansion Beyond / the colored mesh of skin is / the purple bruise of a petal desperate for / some life / blood / Which is to say / water Which is to say / the seventy five percent that makes up / the brain or live/s within it How much / of my tissue is / sinew How much of it is / a reservoir We both resist / our vibration with the tempting call of / wanting of wanting / in the way anything wants / to want to / feel alive to feel / forgiven for taking / breath for taking / water

I scratch

behind my / ear feel the tugging / tension between skin and keratin their / familiar crescendo In / a field far away a / poppy blooms by / yawn by inch/ing creep I / feel the habit feel the / habit form as / punishment.