xanthic:
in the little white box
a cousin on a satin pillow
my question ‘what’s jaundice?’
hangs an uncertain balloon
xanthous:
no raven-haired heroines
in fairytales
xerotes:
fruit bat sugar-seeker
tongue-tip dabber of sweetness
deliberate crumb-pincher of crystals
alchemist of dry habit dissolving into moist reward
xiphoid:
nothing but a footnote or a handhold
watch your step that stab in the back
xylophagous:
wasp waist softens pulp in her mouth
regurgitates and spits it out
smoothes and leaves it to dry
makes paper
xyster:
it comes when I am unconscious
scraping music from my bones
a cricket’s song