laugh/bath

chuckling to your laugh-

feeling dirty in your bath

water

that

i bottle

at the source

then drink by the liter

but of course

i’ve steered our bed

off course

into troubled territory 

and waters 

turbulent

jet streams

massage 

me 

in this hotel’s jacuzzi

and the wine and the fruit-

syrup and maple leaves

till we’re thin as junkies

yet thick as thieves