black and white photo of an orchid plant clinging to a concrete wall with its trailing roots, with the stem curving off to the right side of the image.

my dessert comes salted
her spoonlicked sins of virgins
her cruelty is caramel

my man comes from the desert
he tethers me with whispers
the musk of his camel

who am i


//

and the sending
fitting (you)
let go and loosened (upon you)

(i) am (it) is (they) are i say

has brought
(a message)
(wandered)
unconcealed

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καὶ ἐπιεικῶς
ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ
ἀληθῆ ἀπήγγελται