I'm more beautiful in the dark

And she said
"it's difficult having you here
inside my lungs, stop
smoking, stop
humming through my lips, down my wet throat. Maybe
it would be better,
if not different, if
you lay on my bed and materialised."

She said "kiss me
with your soft hands,
palm to my lips,
I want to scar your lifeline
with my lipstick."

"Here," she said, "here
is the scar you left, once,
when you put your mouth to my skin,
remember? Your hot tongue
burned me."

She said
"Lover, flame, sunshine, cigarette, you're
moving too slowly.
Kiss me;