Let it slip

Let it slip

Let it slip

With touched fingers tips

To your buttons,

After the staring sun has dipped

The blue relaxed, the amber is lit

The clasp and the catch

An uncomfortable fit

Let it slip.

We will die like cats.

At least curious. At least curious.

Let slip a zip notch off your hip arch

Make one button fall undone

And cotton drip

Tip my thought with a sip

Let it slip.

The gate you keep

Meet by it, and there betwixt

Cup your back and catch like wick

Your laugh like sparks

Your lips like gusts

On grass lain all summer parched

Let it slip

Let it slip

With ringed fingertips

Over your shoulders

And down from your hip

Let it slip.