nipples, Quickly, + The Three of Us
poems by Evyan Roberts
nipples
my boyfriend
opened wide and
laughed with thin
lipped friends about
womens oblong areolas.
cooed with gently rounded
mouths about preferred puffy
nipples, and “yucked” their way
through the despised, bumpy ones.
those like mine. i was invisible, sitting
beside him, with no breasts worthy of
shielding from his curt discussion. the boy
who came inside me, while constantly nibbling
at my breasts, was using his mouth to laugh at me.
at other women whom i didn't know, ones i did.
but they've pressed their lips to to them; the
hated, the complex, the adored, and begged
for more. prayed to them in time to women
they’ve convinced to be lovers. a sort of
turned down smile appears on my face,
walking to his room. waiting for
him to beg with a mouth, full
of my self.
Quickly
her lips and tongue, her hands
swimming through goosebumps
i miss them all
we knew each other so well
we became too close
as if her tongue and lips
danced together
to say my name for decades
as if her hands cupped them both
tunneling words to my ear,
cradling my name, for years
only mine to hear, those words
building their statement piece
on my skin
The Three of Us
lick your sweating palms, hands out
prove your warm, meet eyes
lock expectations. too sweet,
too bright. smile for them
laugh at jokes, smile for them
lick their palms, proof you're present
lock eyes with that couple, slip a smile
at their touch. go home dreaming of hands.
sweaty tastes, dirty nails.
uninterested memories, turn to imagination.