Your kisses taste of raspberry
Tiny chills along lips swollen and red
slide down my throat
melt each nerve as they pass into me
the sexy — the want — I feel
hidden beneath lashes against flushed cheeks
pulse skips as your lips travel along my neck
our fingers slide
search to touch places
that make the sun jealous
threads of our clothes — prison bars! —
struggle to find escape
from liberated sensations
too inebriated to have names
sleeve pushed from shoulder
buttons undone by a nimble touch
raspberry kisses color of fire
brand bare flesh
hints of the enduring myth of heaven
paradise in your arms
give me rapture with each kiss
absorbed into layers
silhouettes dance under cotton covers
spread out on heated current
friction of flesh against flesh
our mouths explore one another
discovering delicacies uncommon to mortal man
there — that taste —
raspberry
tart
sweet
juicy
Elixir easily coaxed
Cherished fruit
To bear fruit
O wondrous raspberry kisses!
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Susan Justiniano aka RescuePoetix is the first Puerto Rican and the first woman to serve as Poet Laureate of Jersey City, New Jersey. She is a self-taught, bilingual poet with a deep love for knowledge, music, coffee, food, dogs, and the color red (not always in that order). Words are embedded in her life. Her passion for them started at age nine with a dictionary, notebook, and the latest paperback she could get her hands on. Like a bad penny, you can find her everywhere: https://linktr.ee/rescuepoetix.
