the sobering frenzy
melded into a distinct
spine-like remorse
past hope, past a cheese-cloth'd line of sight
behind a mask
present, a lucid pursuit
someone to touch
and strategically tongue
quivery, wild-eyed
tentative fantasizing
violent vocal spurts
wince, widge & wine
casually enforcing
some sense of reason
nudge, tap & linger-inger-inger
scalloped-light
furnishing an otherwise
darkened room