I did not know one could be seduced by a city
I thought I could only be entranced by the stars in the sky
The pines of a tree
The sharpness of mountains
Rather than the flame at the heart of this place that does not extinguish
It’s the way this place calls me baby
with four extra y’s
as if sitting me gently
on it’s lap and rocking me back and forth
It’s the way my nostrils are filled with the pungency
of piss and powdered sugar
on one street
Take a left
And hunt the scent of gumbo and cigars
in the next
It’s the way the locals say they love it here
Stated in a way where
it doesn’t trail on the tip of their tongues
But grabs you in the back of their throat
Guttural
Growl like
So take me, NOLA
let the spirits take my soul as my eyes close
and they penetrate my dreams
Flip me over
Grab me by the hair
Crane my neck back
As I make eye contact with the black orbs
of the saxophone and trombone
Arch my back so you can compose
an original melody
With my rib cage as your ivory keys
Take your time
So you may create pet names
For each vertebrae of my spine
Make love to me in a way
where I want you
before you shower the stink of the city
off of you
Devour me in a way I know I’ll regret it,
but not when you text me at 1 AM
With “you up?”
Make love to me in a way where the gods blush in the heavens
Turn their gaze away to not disrupt the affair
We drown each other in
Buy me flowers
Tell me your sorry
You’ll be better next time
If I just give you another chance
But we both know
I’ll be crawling back to you again
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