Saturday 2 April 2022

Day 2 - Haggard Hawks

So on this second day of napowrimo, the prompt has involved a lot of Twitter scrolling. Specifically, through the catalogue of obscure and rather wonderful words produced by the user Haggard Hawks. And I finally found a word I liked:

Glisk
Cinereal sky loom above anthracite veins, 
dappled with pearl light. 
Feel bite of razor wind; all bent double, 
hunched inwards to shoulder the chill.

You, curling into the crook of my shoulder -
as if to merge into one being.
Frigid hands creeping beneath cotton shirt; cuss under my breath at intrusion.

Noon before light breaks the barricade 
of slate - gentle caress of heat 
beating down; honeysuckle bright blade 
in the slim gap between clasped fingers.

They kiss me - taste of molasses; 
sweet and seductive as spring sun.

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