i kiss you pressed up against
your middle school's back doors

this is not a mistake

i think its maybe because even after a year
i am still slightly unnerved by how you once were

this kiss is a sense of dominance
this kiss is a dog peeing a circle of territory
and it tastes like strawberries

it tastes warm and blurry like
a small bottle of gin shared
on the steepest slope of riverside park
in the cold