bourbon flavored font’s

two glasses unwashed

sat upended fragile in their shine,

opened bourbon

a long mouthful held then swallowed

his bourbon her breakfast,

moving from one room to another

morning cool on skin

she wore only panties,

typewriter on oak

bold keys hold promise

again it was his

the cat shared moved onto lap

as sitting down,

chatter of keys as poetry flowed,

to him she was a disposable muse,

she did not care

being on all fours

fucked from behind

staring at cotton bed linen

her mind could think

without his face ,

all he needed was the mirror to pose,

weave of cotton held a story

as she thought of next poem

he too had release,

it was a kind of love,

they used each other in

different ways

As the Infinite Monkey

alarm clock sounded

his/

fingers reached the ultimatum

her/

wrist strapped to bedpost

silk wounds of a conquered queen

 

last breath of air

from now closed window

his/

typewriter needed to speak

feel fingerpad clatter,

not betrayed with her

 

blank page,

paper pressed his own

rolled into machine,

carbon in place,

smudges

he left as memories

on her breast

 

typing/

words in a clatter

his way of expressing

now what was on pages

before

 

black shine reflected

an eager face

cool metal sat in case

 

he/

extracted thought

twisted them through cerebral tubes

squeezed  out of fingers

smearing machine

 

black gloss dulled

worn/

beaten by him

the other stirred

moving sheets

foot , ankle , white angular

showed

 

if a crow called she would not

hear

ink to letters

passed to page again and again

yearning to create

with a companion

 

he/

knew

as fifth page done,

close to exhaustion

passion being spent

on this machine,

ribbon stretched

key frottage

rubbing,

thumping,

pounding,

word penetration

lasting imprints,

more lasting than

her

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