Unusual lover

Unusual lover

                            for Jose Ramos Otero

what is it about night

that you carry it in your mouth

beyond the moon’s orbit and time

through strange paths frequented

by Thanatos and his twin brother? 

Is whatever just happened

already a memory, or are our tongues

blushing from the exchanged saliva?

Be rid of that black cloak in your eyes.

We were the strays that taught gods

how to die in this queer universe.