the fundamentals
of gene splicing
as applied
to the leaking valves
of the poetic heart
in an attempt
to recreate
the singular moment
of universal
impertinence
found in
the mysterious fog
of emotional
accoutrements

she took a bite out of my still quivering heart, my love dripping down her chin in savage spurts of shuddering release

all i could do was pray she took another, willing her to absorb every strand of dna laced like her hair around my fingers