he watches in whispers

entrenching desire

beneath

paper thin

guise

pruning soft curvatures

carved to jagged edge

straight lace

entangled

entwined in

embrace

with a man

he

doesn’t know

but would like to

–

bifurcated membrane

dual hybrid spirit

–

lovingly lingers

longing

leafing through archives

sating hunger

with whatever flesh

is placed before

–

appetites

remain hidden

as well as he

swelling in a closed off room

surreptitiously shaded

pale light pouring

pornographic images

as well as

euphoric score of

guttural grunts and

melodious moans

dynamic sequencing of

diminuendo climaxing to corporeal crescendo

–

planting seed

exaltation

momentary bliss subsides

to extended internal dialogue

rationalizing

identifying

–

images of lust

leave one feeling

hollow

as a picture of fruit

leaves one just as hungry

feeding fantasy

yet not the body

renders him

malnourished

–

the hunger will return

just as strong

or maybe stronger

until at last

he’ll be forced

to eat