#2,538 You in your pool

To AA

You in your pool with me
your dry mouth Tantalus
erect below low boughs –
eyeing such fruits [steam
softens that held lens] – I
fell asleep with arid lips –
a stiffness & far too much
exercise in my mind – Dip
& embrace not real [trace
of spent seconds a stain] –
A hand upon you [fingers
too] – a wet fold of flesh &
my mouth on yours – That
tree overhead hangs near
[but not in reach for me –
as unease weighs on it] – I
push in & am taken on – a
visitor tonight – your pool
assistant – a shaded ghost