Animal Games

Animal Games

I wanna fuck you like an animal...
—Trent Reznor

let's play
predator and prey
stalking, striking, sucking out juice

let's play
lion cubs practicing
our pounce-and-swat
tails twitching
as we stare at one another
in suspenseful stillness

let's play
dogs greeting strangers
sniffing who's friendly
and who's been where

let's play
snakes entwined
rolling heedless down hills
in an endless spiral

let's play parasite and host
thirsting, quenching, burrowing in for blood

let's play
barnacle and wave
the impenetrable one
opening at the slap of
overwhelming wetness