Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomer
whisper of yellow globes gleaming on lamp-posts that sway like bootleg licker drinkers in the fog
and let your breath be moist against me like bright beads on yellow globes
telephone the power-house that the main wires are insulate
(her words play softly up and down dewy corridors of billboards)
then with your tongue remove the tape and press your lips to mine till they are incandescent
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