Wearing Leather

you wanted to take the christchurch gondola

the what

the christchurch gondola. to the top

we popped the lsd on the bike.

i think it’s illegal. in new zealand, lsd.

we rode little plastic pods

like pod seeds

up the mountain.

at the christchurch gondola

i was hanging on back then

mainly to you.

i would bite the leather

collar around your neck

i am an eskimo, this time.

chewing leather.

to soften you, i failed at that, too.

but the taste of your jacket

has been imprinted in

my wet mouth

all these years.

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