Take fire Take water Stir
upon sight
unnoticeably
undrinkable
Take me Take you Stand
unfocused
our eyelashes
touch
Feel collapse
with shallow breath we are
suddenly clairvoyant
Take touch Take taste Sweat
sensations
slowly wrung
numb
Our lust hangs on
a nail like meat
drying in the wind
Joylyn Chai is a Chinese-Jamaican Canadian artist, writer, and educator. Joylyn teaches English to new immigrants and refugees in Toronto. Her work has appeared Rigorous and is forthcoming in Thin Air Magazine.