Paintings > Porn for Pals

all-jute
drag familiar, strong jute
across my skin
so its filaments
slide, tickle, prick
and start in me
the warm anticipation—
that sudden
drop
of need
and the sweet fog
of comfort.
run oat-honey, strong rope
around my limbs
again and again
so that the knots
may capture
the promise
shared
between us.