When is sunset today

Every day I search when is sunset today

reassured that two minutes later than tuesday

proves time is quietly breaking the back 

of this bleached and deathless february

and soon I will be in long grass with you

your palm a hissing iron on river cold skin

levelling all the day’s creases

And when dusk eats the purple sky whole

the day a slack fist, lime-greased bottles empty

An arriving still, your upturned wrists

cooler air an ache on coral chests

you take me home

fold me into cold white sheets

pour the wine, smudge thumbs against hips

unlatch the window to the street

shut the door

until we’re offered to the world

a single pearl, a lolling tongue

stunned inside an open jaw