Human Twigs Poem by manu emmanuel

do you remember
when i said antarctica
thats the place for us

you packed a bag
filled it with shy
raisins and restless
baguettes

we got to the cape
all washed in
sweat, jumped in
to the purring bulge
of the ocean

crazy like the sharks
our toes giggled
in the chill, your
smile was all milk

and sunshine

i stole the purple
from the tulips
in your eyes and
you screamed

sludge!

for the ice was
under breast as
swollen pillow

the air crisp
origami paper
recycled tissue

the lungs swelled
a forgotten future

the penguins shook
into dogs rabid
for free range
eggs

you held my
chuckling fingers
by the tips
of their ache

and led me to
forest moist. moved
to tears i woke
you for
breakfast.