eclipse 

we took the chocolate radio. 
hid inside your cut lip. 
a plush little room of red red velvet.
this is where a holding is held.
sometimes i text the sun &
he responds with fire emojis.
i am laying on my back while
my turtle shell grows a satelitte dish.
watching the light become
a dark wafer. communion on the tongue.
this is the overturned stone 
with all the spare language beneath.
i have started saying "lover" 
when i mean "a person i have not
met yet." close your eyes & hide
the pearl. there is a demon who spends
all night trying to find just one
eye open. i gave him mine 
& he blessed them in the rain. 
i watch bars of soap become lungs 
& my teeth sharpen to pocket knives.
i often will play out scenarios of me
fending off an attacker. the truth is though
most people like to carve their hatred 
in the throat of their own god. 
yet, i crave worship. fill the bathtub 
with raspberries. my bed with newts. 
as the eclipse fades, i reach out
to hold on to it. my sewer sleep cover.
my beautiful thank you note. 
teach me where these shadows go.
i want to follow them. carry my
backpack full of bells.