15 floors up
Posted: December 5th, 2005, 6:21 pm
Spiked with a sense of the inevitable,
he masturbated off the 15th floor
of the Westin Diplomat hotel. Tumescent
no longer. White strings frothed.
The ocean close, the surf distending.
His body swaying in the sun-scattered sky.
He follows the ocean's rhythmic dancing. Like
crumbling sand, cities of sand, his hand
on the balcony rail. Points of light
blooming, burning. Boiling bursting stars
exploding.
Diminished, fulfilled,
climbing into his room,
he slid the glass door closed.
And listened.
Couples were coming outside
to eat at the seaside cafe.
Icy cocktails would soon be salting their lips.
Their senses uncurling. The invisible pictures,
the years of photos, they'd trace out together.
Washing himself clean in the mirror,
he pictured them dancing. He listened to
them laughing. He romanticized them
and thought about home,
tracing that sense of belonging.
he masturbated off the 15th floor
of the Westin Diplomat hotel. Tumescent
no longer. White strings frothed.
The ocean close, the surf distending.
His body swaying in the sun-scattered sky.
He follows the ocean's rhythmic dancing. Like
crumbling sand, cities of sand, his hand
on the balcony rail. Points of light
blooming, burning. Boiling bursting stars
exploding.
Diminished, fulfilled,
climbing into his room,
he slid the glass door closed.
And listened.
Couples were coming outside
to eat at the seaside cafe.
Icy cocktails would soon be salting their lips.
Their senses uncurling. The invisible pictures,
the years of photos, they'd trace out together.
Washing himself clean in the mirror,
he pictured them dancing. He listened to
them laughing. He romanticized them
and thought about home,
tracing that sense of belonging.