Shades of Blue

a layer poem

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lapis lazuli

you’re thick and rich
enough to paint these
sour cream walls
you’ve tinted these palm lines with
an extraterrestrial’s blood

cerulean

with two shaky hands
I swab your face
and reveal your stained yellow
teeth
I step aside, aching to be
swabbed by you

denim

that was the end of
my shivering, when
you draped me
in your coffee-spotted
jacket
but
I still quiver when
you drape yourself over me

cornflower

i grasp the stem
i salivate
lips inches from your left nipple
my hair is a shredded flag
on your thigh
as we invade each other’s
corners, crevices
then we kiss

iceberg