by Susanne Mathies
(10/28/09)
Smooching...sloshing...splurging...gorging myself. Orgy of over-indulging. Mmm...
melting in me...
What’s that? Hey hey hey -- move over! Those leaves are always barging in,
getting in the way. Shove off! Let the hot rays in!
Blue 2 over there is getting some. Look at him, beaming. Sunshine is melting
the smudges on his bulging little body. How he is loving it. His skin
getting thin, translucent, all sweet dark juices sluicing within. I see them
pulsing. Swelling uprising sap, engorging his full body. I feel warmer, just
watching him. Tingling under the surface. My juice is flowing, faster,
thinner, redder, hotter. It’s starting now, just below my crown. I’m
fermenting...prickling fluid...if I got a sun ray now, I might be bursting.
Things are happening to Blue 2. His tumescent body is swaying. A tiny
leaking starts next to his stem. Will he go off now? My own sap pulsing
throbbing racing...
Leaves rustle on top of Blue 2. He’s in for a surprise.
Dew drop! Big one, just slipping sliding off a firm little leaf. Shaping
into a tear, dropping, dropping...hitting Blue 2 in a big splash. He’s
shaking, shrinking. Miserable wet skin. Wet skin all over. Wet skin getting
warmed by summer morning sun...
Blue 2 is getting heated up again. Dew drop wetness mingling with sap. Messy
little berry, sticky around the little slash at the stem. Smeared with
squash all over. Blue 2 will not manage to booze himself. Not in the state
he’s in.
But I know I will. Big, boozy, all juiced up from watching Blue 2’s
confusion. Little bubbles of excitement bobbing up.
The bush is moving, rustling. A bright pool of light all over me. Blinding
warmth, seeping into me. I grow wider. Trying not to burst in delight.
Dizzying with juice. My own liquor, delicious...I’m all undone...tearing...
lying open...falling apart...
