Ósculo: "The Lover Into the Lover Transformed" — A Poem by Rodrigo Palacios

“The lover into the lover transformed”

–San Juan

Ósculo

…from the deep,

The two emerging shadows come together,
Nearing each other, veiled, hesitant, obfuscating
The surroundings…

Two faces

Becoming, wanting to obliterate the dark
Space between them, almost touching,
In silence.

The tumefactious lips
Open slightly, slitting at intervals,
Murmuring in a strange obscure sound,

Wet, surging tentacles,

Osculating,
Snapping,
Caressing,
Grazing

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