Together Gets a Flame

smile at the body

it’s a long road

that twists up to here

my mouth red

from red insides

your neck

the mountain grows sad

all around in fire lines

but there’s no reason to want

to disappear into the thicket

of rosehips or robins’ beaks

even if you could identify the trees

their roots and branches

even if the flames disappeared us

you have a belly too

braided my word for your word

Adrian Kien