By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 4 December 1998

NAP

      he smells like himself
      a Leo who takes sex seriously
        I have to applaud
       for he has toned me down
     and sweetened my bitter
        I'm better, now
       funky with sweat and musk
     we're drowsy together
      from the Tylenol P.M.
     with a sheet on the window
       and the fan whirring over
       our subdued bodies
         we are safe
        smug in our
           escape