for Emilie Zoey Baker (EZB), after hearing her perform Sweet Cowboy with Sean M Whelan
she’s honey
warm, liquid,
mellifluous
i want to drown
in her
golden intensity
if i could get
my tongue unstuck
i’d tell her
she’s poured into
that denim
her cowgirl smile
undoes me
i’d say
i want you
you’re sweet as they come
i want your mind
i want your body
i want your longing
i want your wanting
i want your mouth
i want your hands
i want your grip
i want your gasp
i want your cry
i want your honey
honey
and she’d say:
be sweet
be sweet for me
but that’s her tragedy
queen bee
no one ever as sweet as she