glittering skin
there's glitter in the sand
it sparkles in the darkness
as the pavement stretches
from mountains of fire
to weeping trees of thorns
the stirring of fingers
leads to the tracing of tongues
7 nights warm slumber in thinning sheets
and now this addiction of skins
nevada 2000
Deborah Chava Singer
previously in Bitter Love - Valentine's Day 2000
and The Las Vegas Poems