the sound
brimming these lips
is the rising
of my name

the puffs
fragments
your reeling
their assortion

kiss me
and i’ll let you
feel
their workings

press
that warmth
against the cloth
on me darkly

and i’ll be
come
transparent
at the mouth

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jesse smith (They/he)
jesse smith is a queer poet from the UK. they primarily write on gender and sexuality and their interplay with the body and with language. their work has been published by Stone of Madness Press, and they can be found on Twitter and Instagram @jesse_poet.