They appointed themselves with
reinventing the narrative. So he never
tried to tame her, and left
her scales and teeth unfiled.
But species is one thing. They never accounted
for the convergence of like personalities -
naturally, they were both Aries -
or how he could be too quick with his sword,
snipe at her out of fear;
she, coughing up live charcoal.
They bought a fire extinguisher.
Beneath him, she’d seethe
and rumble until her body
was a landscape unknown, uncrusaded.
They tread the lattice-line between ages,
and await ‘dull’ days:
days when they conquer mythic pressure,
and he lies lapsed in the fold of her wing
as she wreathes small rings
of smoke, and has thanked their friends
for the counselling.
reinventing the narrative. So he never
tried to tame her, and left
her scales and teeth unfiled.
But species is one thing. They never accounted
for the convergence of like personalities -
naturally, they were both Aries -
or how he could be too quick with his sword,
snipe at her out of fear;
she, coughing up live charcoal.
They bought a fire extinguisher.
Beneath him, she’d seethe
and rumble until her body
was a landscape unknown, uncrusaded.
They tread the lattice-line between ages,
and await ‘dull’ days:
days when they conquer mythic pressure,
and he lies lapsed in the fold of her wing
as she wreathes small rings
of smoke, and has thanked their friends
for the counselling.