going to englewood avenue

 when i burrow into the soft space
 below your collarbone
 press my eye against your breast
 i see your heartbeat

 shiny black
 as my grandfather's boots
 weightless
 as your grandmother's ashes

 flood thrusts through the valves

 autumn ruby
 as your mother's lipstick
 effortless
 as my father's lies

 periapt or pericard
 your ventricles' uniform thud echoes
 on my retina
 with white fire