Asari-jiru

Cracked wide open you
reveal your soft flesh to me,
beckoning my tongue

Asari-jiru clam soup cc by 木更津乃風 at wts wikivoyage, via Wikimedia Commons

Belonging

Tell me I belong
here with you, in vast untamed
dark wildernesses

cc by Daniel Zimmerman via Flickr

The end

The end is static –
crackling memories of noise
amidst the stillness

cc by get directly down via flickr

Metric

By any metric
you’re electric
my heart beats hectic
when we watch Netflix

cc by Scred via Pixabay

Funk

A stranger’s armpit,
half seven on a Monday –
funky Tokyo life

cc by Hanenosuke via Flickr

Nature

Nature encroaches
like sand dunes, my pasta now –
wince! – festooned with pests.

cc by Candice Juniper via Flickr. I couldn’t put you through anything more graphic.

Regret

I regret this poise,
this self-restraint, that has caused
me to love you less

cc by Fernando de Sousa via Flickr