# stick

winter cherry, lush  
pressed to the pane :  
clear swirling glass,  
vessels for grapes

red print attracts  
gazes from gays  
strange artifacts  
mouths go astray

first contact lasts  
longer than stains  
washed away fast —  
much like our brains

they always say  
lips that disguise  
can’t be the way,  
but never the why

shouldn’t we just  
paint what we feel  
even if lips must  
become the meal

## poem details

- [color](https://chromato.graphics/colors): [Lollipop](https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-1764-TCX)
- wrote: 2022-06-17
- posted: 2025-08-05
- [tags](https://chromato.graphics/tags): [#drinks](https://chromato.graphics/tags/drinks)  [#lips](https://chromato.graphics/tags/lips)  [#love](https://chromato.graphics/tags/love)  [#marks](https://chromato.graphics/tags/marks)  [#new york](https://chromato.graphics/tags/new%20york)  [#new york](https://chromato.graphics/tags/new%20york)  [#red](https://chromato.graphics/tags/red)  [#trans](https://chromato.graphics/tags/trans)  [#wine](https://chromato.graphics/tags/wine)  [#🧡](https://chromato.graphics/tags/%F0%9F%A7%A1)