DWELL LESS

Dwell not so onward into the night

Dwell not so on cracked hearts and women’s thighs

Dwell not so on the undressing of cocktail rump

Dwell not so on the several states of the elect

On that combination so rare

Potent because it’s not really palpable within an hour

Dwell on the airy

Smoky conversation

Smokier love affairs with women you have not met

Inspect insects on their pilgrimage across this page

Before the egotist’s eruption

Dwell not or your wounds will never be licked

By Lamb or Time

(First appeared in S/WORD, Issue 1, Fall 2011).