Rothco’s Black, Red, and Black painting, 1968

A caress over the curve of a waist cutting

into a body always held by

lust open

yourself its the only way to find

love when love can only find

its way down your throat

if your mouth is silent but open.

kiss the throat bruised from attempts

to feel something

forever too tired to bother extending

to the outside world

but that world is a girl

hiding in a room that’s always

barricaded by the same prayers

that someone will try to open the door.

Black, Red and Black, 1968 - Mark Rothko - WikiArt.org

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