First Poem for You
By Denis Harkin “First Poem for You” I like to touch your tattoos in complete darkness, when I canât see them. Iâm sure of where they are, know by heart the neat lines of lightning pulsing just above your nipple, can find, as if by instinct, the blue swirls of water on your shoulder where a serpent twists, facing a dragon. When I pull you to me, taking you until weâre spent and quiet on the sheets, I love to…