Please Do Not Touch (Poem

PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH

Falls numb. Poke away diagonal paint still damp Drop drip rolls and thuds along temptation into the apple. Look at the now voiceless! But do not touch! Behind these cries hide a white flutter with the golden key around its neck Your touch starvation as the follicles fuzz all over in suspense A phantom of the dragon brushes its cheek across the stretched hand As the ripped stars footprint across your sophistry Picking out each green blade on the trail Control slips out of reach as the rainbow’s foam echoes closer In this fantasy world road signs have been delicately brushed Instruction transforms into green that unbolts shackles and hurdles commandment Propelled from the waves of its flag texture the hand stretches further As the torn diagonal watches the green material stuck wading through the red pits Thank - the electrified warning that now holds up its mirror To broken, weeps, hissing, across the lake - For your cooperation.