she is passionately talking about her projects

i’m barely listening

but watching

she holds her cigarette as if it’s an extension of her fingers

her hand glides through her tiny curls

and every time she says something

her face moves closer and closer

to mine

◊

she sits across me in the tub

her legs spread and stretched out

resting on mine

i caress them slowly

while we are talking

sometimes

my hand ventures patiently along her inner thigh

closer and closer…