# #boots

3 poems

## [triumph](https://chromato.graphics/triumph)

you outfit us in leather armor  
tie boots tight as heartstrings  
we dance and breathe as one  
enter prisms — offset blinking

INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN  
BUT SAFETY REQUIRES AVOIDING  
UNNECESSARY CONVERSATION

underground, understand a halo  
grip my thighs below your wings  
breathe — you ask “_you ready?_”  
to leave, to ride, to fly. of course.

don’t look down & don’t let go  
become part of a red machine:  
a bell, a backpack, a balance  
gripping tightly, holding loosely

i am not afraid to ride with you  
to glide across rock and sound  
my pilot is divine, invincible even  
molded contours promise safety

PLEASE HOLD ON  
SUDDEN STOPS ARE  
SOMETIMES NECESSARY

as we swerve, we synchronize  
we’re on an island, smiling wide  
small compared to a lighthouse  
even smaller against your frame

my sister thought she could fall  
along the same route we travel  
but i know i fell for you already  
ache is just what flight feels like

## [steps](https://chromato.graphics/steps)

now please, sit back  
stretch out your legs  
relax awhile —  
furniture begs

pull off your boots  
i’ll kneel below  
slip off your socks  
and take it slow

bare both your soles  
flex all ten toes  
your footstool’s goal:  
to be repose

our arches meet —  
my back, your curve  
almost so much  
i don’t deserve

a faint perfume  
teases my nose  
the smoothest skin  
so rarely shows

i’ll work them deep  
with oiled hands  
their perfect forms  
each digit fanned

red lacquered nails  
command my eyes  
and higher heels  
you’ve made me buy

bare, they stay – no  
decoration  
focus trained on  
adoration

pressed on my face  
i’ll kiss you there  
and lick the base  
become ensnared

kick or trample  
i’ll take the pain  
with shoes sampled  
my body strains

pleads for pressure  
that space between —  
the greatest pleasure:  
touch from the queen

release the jewels  
that flood within  
wetness pools  
on shining skin

## [gender.app](https://chromato.graphics/genderapp)

pull out my phone  
tap on the app  
needs to update…  
they always do

new gradient  
same icon shape  
wide colorspace  
hard to adjust

why do we all  
want to shapeshift?  
to be seen through  
filters we make

on the G train  
dark grey sweatshirt  
black leather boots  
riding crosstown

slider tempts me—  
drag it slowly  
no one else stares  
they just don’t care

this is my stop:  
girl in red dress  
heels to match her  
lipstick and tits

costume changes  
inside closets  
infinite fits  
incoherence

it’s not just me,  
everyone plays  
gender’s this game’s  
in-app purchase

micro actions  
& transactions  
never enough  
to fill the space

if i’m always  
searching for it,  
the right setting,  
flipping through them

will i know when  
i have nailed it?  
new release notes:  
patches the bugs

what if i’m stuck  
inside a loop?  
keep it running  
there’s no kill switch