crystal

©2022 Michael Raven

cigarette haze and candle
melted wax perfumes
the room, shadows cast in
black lace window panes
from the eventide setting sun
the lizard king croons
summer hazy lazy drunk
on the humidity languishing
languishing languishing
sweat rolling down sides
august seeming as we
are dreaming tangled
limbs in longing for just
one kiss one song more
before drifting off to
sleep