Surprise
that warm burst of
liquid: soft skin breaking beneath teeth,
an expectation of puncture, pressure
instead, evenly spaced under mandible.
intimate as it is,
the usual exchange of fluid,
relapse sewing closed the space between us,
slow kisses between stomach & knee.
surprise, old lover:
we reconcile in small black sutures
cresting up your inner thigh—remember
where the blood was & rushed—surprise.