Scarlet Fever




I carve the Summer
like a pit and an Apricot
where juice runs against
my face--
tempted and misty.

I want to fall into this
music's din
like cicadas singing
storm clouds in the wind.

I hear the tones like
Satan's calliope
churning
burning
marks against my heart's wrought
Iron.

Please make me smile
sweet,
and catch the
rosebuds with my
teeth.
I've grown so wicked
and I find it hard
to breathe.