Press

In this stifling darkness, learn how to press.

Press your lips around your burning cigarette

let intoxicating smoke invade your lungs

the way you chase away pests, filling

their tunnels with smoke.

Press your dying bud against the ashtray,

kill the fire consuming you.

Press your fingers against your warm blooded thighs

and

pray that God will feel it.

Press your heart against the blade, every time he

finds an excuse 

                          why?

                                  his love is no more.