PERSON Poem: Poems for Kay, by Rachel Gorman-Cooper

I can’t help but savor you to bits,
Like an idea wedged between
sharpening teeth,,,

The taste a dreamlike quality
That I suckle on

I long to sink into you
My flesh a mere symptom of yours

… I can’t help but gnaw on
your parts unknown

Your eyes affixed to my heart,
Ragged and raw
And true

Every kiss begins with Kay

Every part of you is sacred

That untamed magic of entanglements
Your mouth, the mouth of the wave washing over my eyes

In its magnificence, can you see it?

Your arm,
Of the clock that ticks me to life

I sop up your prose from where your lips part,
Rising and falling, nectar on your tongue

At the tip of your nose is where my love nests,
Upturned to some god-

Nothing is for certain,
But I’m sure about you