like boys who lick lips

like these. boys who curl/

coil/corrupt–who can-

not condemn, cannot contain,

cannot cling to another.

boy who licks his lips after he locks them.

to be a boy who likes a boy who likes him–

I spread myself thin, becoming one who

longs for length/longevity/lasting–just a

lick of time.

I learn to bend backwards,

just begging for brutality–but I

end as a boy whose being is licked

but never his lips.