What a mouth will do

"What a mouth will do
by Betsy Johnson-Miller
Kiss
the impossible hope that love
will last. An end to looking
as if for one glove.

Swallow the sweet
lust of fruit—one way a body

can be pleased.

Tell others why.

Tell others nothing.

Feel the tongue and how
goodness
and mercy can flow
like a river from the north

or how it can rage as only rage can

and know there isn't much to say
after that.
'What a mouth will do' by Betsy Johnson-Miller, from Rain When You Want Rain. © Mayapple Press, 2010"