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<center>[[faith ->START]]
⚢
by Kit H.J.</center>the music downstairs
pulses through the walls
a discordant chorus with the cicadas
singing outside
the open window lets the heat in
hot summer air and humidity
slicking the back of your neck
but there's no excuse
[[for the way your hands shake]]the girl beside you
her name is Faith
her leg brushes against yours
her laugh sounds with the cicadas
you're a little drunk
with alcohol or maybe the sound of her voice
the way she leans in
her long hair tickles your arm
[[the smell of her perfume lingers]]cigarettes, alcohol, the faint lavender flower
all of it lingers
she lingers
her warmth pressing against your leg
when she takes the cup from your hand
when she sets it aside
when she turns back to you
when she leans in
[[you kiss]]she pulls you back onto the bed
her hands soft, pressing, urgent
as the rise and fall of her chest against your own
the flutter of her heart against your own
she is open-mouthed and hungry
both of you are starving
for a meal that neither of you can ever have
but you have the taste of her to satisfy
[[holding her in your mouth for a little while]]she traces divine patterns across your skin
and you mutter her name under your breath.
no kind of prayer
more holy than this
you kiss her
she kisses you
until the music stops
and the cicadas just watch
[[faith comes over you]]a shadow on the wall as she rises
as she traces the shapes of my body
as she presses her lips against mine
as she slides her hand low to worship
my tongue tastes her pulse,
quick and sweet as she bows her head
quick and sweet as her hand
slips between my thighs
[[the cicadas just watch]]you sing her name over and over
as she coaxes a melody out of you-- hot, wet,
a new kind of music
pulsing pulsing pulsing against the walls
your body swells
Faith sighs
her one hand finding yours
just as you complete your final prayer
[[faith comes over you ->faith comes over you 2]]she lets me taste her fingers
the dessert of our forbidden meal
one last taste
to sate the growing hunger
just for a little while.
but i want to taste more
i want to feast
i want to devour
[[faith comes over me]]she lights up a cigarette and offers it to you
one last taste.
your lips where hers have been
shared smoke in your lungs.
you watch the wet shine of her lips
the curve of her neck
the sound of her swallow
the tilt of her head.
finished but not satisfied
implacable
(desiring a word you dare not speak)
[[the ache to hold her again]]but a shadow on the wall
she rises
to leave before you
smoke trailing through the door
you wait
you listen
you hunger
you taste her [[one last time]]<<audio "cicadas" play>>
the cicadas sing a final hymn just for you.
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