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Two Poems

Delos T. Brown

A Hot January

First publication: October 2000

http://badosa.com/p063

BLACK VELVET STILLNESS

Surround me

with that black velvet stillness,

like when we dance so close.

Around my neck

let it wrap itself,

like your arms,

like the softest scarf.

Let it flutter in our breath

as we pause, chest to chest,

hesitating, not in doubt,

but for the surest second.

There, on the insides of the music,

with us standing in the center of its room

where rhythm hangs on the walls,

almost stilled in the slowness of time,

we will begin.

We will become the shadows.

LONGING

Wanting to be held so simply

just arms around

just touching, breathing in

together.

to feel softness curved round, around,

against, the warmth, the willow

of flesh, shade from so much,

resting place of lazy recline.

imagining your body, the curves

of my desires edged against the tightness

of thin cloth holding you, the colors

capturing your skin penetrating

the cotton, nylon, wrapped around

the boldness of your offering like small

waves around rounded stones at the land’s edge.

supple

as though your skin were only a film covering

over liquid

or the most delicate flesh velvet petal...

to feel your touch so real and present...

I wish, I wish.

I would swallow you in my arms

dissolve between your thighs

and bury my being into that corner of

your neck, one inch below your ear

and tucked under your chin, that eternal

spring that makes love

to me with its glorious scent.