beets

edible hallelujahs
juice of taboos her fingers sucked clean
your hunger
stained lips

it starts like this

in a kitchen cooking beets
let ‘em cool/slip off skins/slice ‘em
scent of
pickled ginger
apple cider vinegar
sesame seeds toasted

wooden spoon
her hands stirring
as you watch

alchemy

remember your on his
and how he
recoiled

lips trap air into yes gilded
words
melted down

his hands / your shoulders
flex of gold in his eyes