gravels taste like stone 

Gravels taste like stone 

Hot air 

Threading along the crooked path —

my veins

run deeper than sighs

all the way to the crust

the crumb

II

When a man dies 

He is not varnished

this 

is what my heart told me 

on the sidewalks:

that love existed only in death

and death —

the true death —

only exists between people in love

in the love of death

the Earth

the crust

the basic ecstasy of non-existence 

the death of air

the air of death

It is in the dearth of love

the gravels

the stone

Here Lies [insert my name if you know it]

With love.