i spend a lot of time thinking about...

the feel of a smooth round pebble. in your hand. in your shoe.

in your mouth. in water. hot from the sun. baked in an oven.

on the ground. down your spine. in the pages of a book. under

a pillow. in the grass. on a riverbank. in the sand.

in between the words i spoke. the words you might have heard.

a smooth pebble slides down the inside. of my thigh. 

against a brick wall. along a sidewalk. on your tongue. in the

palms, rubbed together, so that, they almost make one. or how

it can beat against a drum. that. that one. almost stung my lips

like some kind of kiss.