rosebud
not the name uttered by a dyin old man hint not capitalised
rosebud
unfurling under his face before his eyes under his fingers a young womans nether unfurling under his
tongue and teeth his gentle mouthings
he inhales her amorous scent its white
phosphorous heat spice pheromone high pollen dribbling clear sweet nectar
its edges deepening to redsuffused with trembling hot bloodsoftly bruised pleasantly irritated
she writhed and sighed
her unfurling didnt stop
it began to envelope her
he had a hand under her fannythe
other at her thigh he could feel her muscles quiver shiver he felt them relax painlessly her femur went slack flexible cartilaginous gasping she whippedtwisted her legs like tentacles
around himover his shoulders clutching him tightly
she had had him by the hairsubtly
directing himguiding him to her pleasure under his mouth and tongue her hands kneading his head her fingers twined
and wound in his hair she made soft guttural sighs sounding like soft bubbles percolating through a viscous
organic mud bathsuddenly as he felt her
legs transform she jerked and spasmed she pulled his hair but only for a moment then he could feel her fingers turn into
petals anemone feelers beckoners
feeders
her unfurling didnt stop
it consumed herturning her inside out
an oysterlike rosebud
glistening
iridescent
pink marbled with gentleshades of
purple softviolet trembling mauve skeins
turning under his face
slipping out of his arms his grasp
growing smaller
then utterly transformed
he cupped her roiling coloured body
in his hands and staggered over to his 220 saltwater aquarium immersed her
she sank fluttering similar to a jelly
she remained iridophoric glistening reflective
then sunk to the sandy bottom she
whiled her way along it to a conchshell and inhabited it
he did not see her for a long
time
he assumed he missed her forays into the tank
then one evening in the honeycoloured lighting of sunset bathing his room he saw a diminutive foot appear at the mouth of the conchshell her slick roiling pinkness followed and began to unfurl
unfurl
unfurl unfurling
unfurlingunfurling a Venus growing
emerging
he clasped her like a babe in his
arms lifted her from the tank and laid her on the bed where last she was
whole
where she became whole again
wily again
when she spoke she asked You remember
he did
she asked him after they met and had known
each other for a bit
could he keep a secret
very early Friday
morning, still dark, 9 3. 18
1154, Monday,
2 4. 18
Genesis The Serpent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNnube-npX0
