"self portrait as desire", Jocelyn Suarez

my heart runs
this body
stupid. a predilection
to cavities. sweet
festering of
teeth. a tongue
lapping empty.
a forestry of
longing caged
within ribs. a navel
hungering. this wet
thirst sucking
between ham-
strings. a needful
neediness of
feet. hands
splayed, toes
curling. i am but
a wanting
mouth
watering
on its
lips,
ready
to swallow.