Come closer

Heave against my ribcage

Aren't you a filthy beast? / Are you just a filthy beast?

Tendons stretching and retracting,

Blood refusing to escape our husks

Do you want to die a little today? Are you brave enough,

to live, for me?

These sensations

Echoes of the apes that bore us

With each thump you carry another

None of them remembered,

But we know their movements just the same

Not that i'd ever ask you to repeat their names

Homo Habilis, Erectus, Hominini, Habibi.

Each of their remnants spread across your limbs

Fingers, breast, toes.

Fungus, beast, throes.

So with our final thrust

Are we allowed to just lie?

If i watch the fire, will you rest for once?

If i pick your fleas, will you scrub away my mold?

If i look away, will you still be there in the morning

Like you've been for 2 million years?