Break in the Wheel

By Deborah Staab © 2001, All Rights Reserved.

I do not dream of un-pointing this bayonet at you
but even as I hold you at bay
you take the tip of the blade into your mouth like a
nipple
and there is an ache in my breast that feels like
teeth.

You look at me all blue eyes and fluttering my pulse
and paint me purple like an Easter stole on celibate
shoulders.
The blade turns to sugar-candy in your mouth and I am
defenseless.
 
Copyright © 2001 by Deborah Staab.
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