Head in reverse

Swallow eight whole past lives
Tongue’s heavy hunger of years

Faintly flickered barbed orange
Neon glory plays the glow of wine
Repeated time

And I was honest with myself
Sprinkled out
The memories of water
And I tried standing still
Reaching out
To gather all of it

She laid her head in reverse
We held it halting breath
With stone mind
Six straight lines