a night in this hotel costs $400

i've spent my days here so far

wandering around

learning the shape of this place.

walking home the setting sun

cuts over my head like a knife

i miss you

i want to be slung over your shoulder

like a doe rabbit

i want to be clutched

in your fist by the thin silk of my hair

i want to watch as my blood

touches you like a hand

gentle

but all that touches me

here is distance

- a rough lover

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