I'm cracking. I'm numb.

A September angel

whispered "espero,"

breathing eternity

scandalously.

I'm cracking.

I'm numb.

Her bare body

is smoldering sex

with the pull of her fingers

across her belly.

I'm cracking.

I'm numb.

Her invisible brother

could be insatiable

but is hiding underneath

a shell of a shawl.

I'm cracking.

I'm numb.