I say "yes"

and all at once
he breaks over me like
a wave--
all rush and wet and gentle lapping,
the slight saltiness, too
when I miss and my tongue catches
the whisper of dried sweat on
the soft skin surrounding

the muscle also finds the milky wall of teeth
and lopes softly across it,
unsure technique
and chin pushes tiny needle-hairs against
my chin and cheeks

and he arches back
my mouth still full of his feeling,
craning for the rest and he says
try this.

with the deft movement of a snake through water
one arm around my waist, hand inches past spine,
other arm between us, hand snug just beneath my breasts and cupping
my rib cage

and silently, the soft press of the velvet of lips to
my mouth,

and he breathes into me--
exhaling
long
and
slow

guiding my ribcage with his mute hands
to take in the heat

through the delirium of lips and teeth he smiles
now a part of my body and

coursing through my blood