You came back last night after a

Week visiting your family and for a

While I didn’t want to touch you

Because of the things I know they

Said about me and the turbulent

Way you failed to defend me,

Unmindful of the fact that you

Would prefer to protect yourself

And your own behavior in matters of

Copious passion. And so we are

Back in the same vulnerable

Place we were before, except almost every-

Thing is slightly different now, your

Body for instance, like wormwood,

Fermenting in a jar of formaldehyde.