he licked my soul
burrowed into vein,
intricate circuits of
poetry and blood
in-sin-you-us leather,
slithers into dreams
whispers love
i pant and scream
he walked through the door,
offered a hand, we
dance with shamans,
thunder-boys clap
the drumbeat slows
incantations bubble
with magic rising,
the great rite of word and music
manifested in song





10 old applause
