if you allow me 
to kiss 
you, beware

and do not 
give me your lip
or (your eyelid)

i will pierce your
skin where it
is the thinnest
on your body


and let this 
venom that is love
this poison that is passion
this drug that is life 

soak into your 
veins and 

(your blood)

you will feel
alive. even when
you are without me