Whispers
between the words are the worst,
the softest sigh of insinuation;
‘Interesting’ tilted
from the tongue
like honey dripped
into Mithridates until
the worms squirmed free. Or
that slight edging away,
that leaning smile, eyes
scratched into the back of my throat,
and a sweetly chiselled sobriquet.
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