RASPBERRY BELLINI

This was as vulnerable as it would get

and he felt it in his core

The city had been in full bloom

beneath their noses

It sat in bright lights

Life usually handed him

a choice to make

at times most least prepared

His opponent couldn’t see it;

the silent contemplation

Rose bushes hang over the rooftop

beside the one that held their planted feet

They didn’t think they’d want much from each other,

yet he knew they would

eventually

Boy, the warmth of the other’s arm

was a trip

The electricity of their mingling body hairs

was a drop into his intense desire

and his gaze had been stuck ahead,

past the stretch of patios

to the clouds that spread through the sky