by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
Sleep after sleeplessness.
A hummingbird in the garden.
Your velvet voice upon sea air.
Salt and caramel, holding hands
in the rain, measured recklessness.
Pop and rattle. Settle and kettle.
Beer and movies. Blue glow upon
white walls. Blush and hush.
Maps and wrinkles.
Memories and parings.
The rosebush with its thorns.
Sudden vermillion on skin.