portrait of an afternoon

woman

brown skin gold in the light

of an open window.

shadow teaching

monochromatic lessons

nn the wall.

shadows hiding

half her face from

technology and therefore

from the world.

shadows making

love to light

pressed up tight

never letting go.

enby

eyes expansive

restless and full of stars.

guitar resting

on black pants dense

enough to eat the world.

guitar pressing

under one breast

sweet flesh covered

in blue-banded cloth.

guitar raring

to kill the day

with a song

hallowing heartbreak.