# #religion

6 poems

## [no](https://chromato.graphics/no)

do i have to belt you?  
to overcome a bubbling  
or are my words enough  
to staunch the flowing  
from leaking fountains

pleasure is never free,  
even when it is a gift.  
beg me with honeysuckle  
pollination. allergies.  
only believe in denial.

muscle tension, hunger.  
dew’s wetter than rain.  
desperate questions tie  
barricade tape tighter.  
no. a complete sentence

the longer we wait here  
clock hands move slowly  
waiting, praying on the  
dripping limestone tile  
a sacrifice in purpose.

release is for the weak  
but you are strong, no?  
every drop metered out.  
are you grasping at it?  
there isn’t a shortage.

don’t ask me again, now  
you know my answer love  
age years in the bottle  
our flavor concentrates  
only believe in denial.

## [entrapped<br> by Chroma](https://chromato.graphics/entrapped-by-chroma)

meeting a Goddess, sunshine,  
envying its divinity & wings

stripping each white feather,  
dyeing them all in her blood

sewing souls into mine,  
stealing her golden halo

it will never fly again—  
riding only in my hand

my fallen angel:  
a bruised flower

## [108°C](https://chromato.graphics/108c)

sunny side up eggs  
cook with sunshine  
denaturation begs,  
bonds across time

waveformed Q train  
park date prospects  
PascalCase names  
everywhere object

polycarbonate layers  
exposed gold livewire  
angel of gay prayers  
film stock, unexpired

bumblebee chapstick  
seeing in rainbows  
jet turbine fuel drips  
one port won’t close

## [just use mine](https://chromato.graphics/just-use-mine)

he’s wanted one, i think, a while  
still growing his, it takes its time  
i wonder: _why not just use mine?_

our parts are modular by design  
they’re aftermarket optimized  
hot-swappable and still divine

then i’m above and he’s below  
press into him, extend a loan  
tell him: _touch, like it’s your own_

he strokes it like a precious gift  
he must be worried, he’ll miss it  
the gratitude vibrates his wrist

he shakes as need remaps the mind  
and both our systems intertwine  
we once mistake his flesh for mine

i ask him softly if it was good  
he nods like i rewound the world  
we had made what no one could

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

door opens— am i the fool?  
gloves snap, now i’m playing my role  
unstained steel tray cradles your tools  
you wash me clean, i cede control

you sketch small leaves in purple ink  
i play with you, this is our game  
when it’s all done, what will they think?  
art, artist, work— all share a name

calmly you ask “_ready for stabs?_”  
there’s not a way for me to know  
is this your temple or your lab?  
we share one breath, it’s time to go

your sword and your eyes penetrate  
music and pain blanket my brain  
sometimes we should disregulate  
questions pour out, blood from a vein

hours pass as you make passes  
pricks turn into private pleasure  
when we are through, our flesh collapses  
every mark is made forever

## [“in   your<br> ideal world,<br> what   does<br> the  future<br> of   gender<br> look  like”](https://chromato.graphics/ideal-world)

gender      abolition  
pronoun  coronation  
human       elocution  
border    dissolution

frequent faggotry  
gorgeous    gayety

sacred   impiety  
campy pageantry

constant  questioning  
mutual strengthening

boundary   trespassing  
differents   welcoming
