Some nights the dank ceiling reminds me
of the rank putrefaction of your halitosis
as you pinned me against the coarse graffiti-despoiled wall
and your dirt-...
Nkatha speaks legalese by day and gets drunk on words by night . She is currently worshipping at the literary feet of Audre Lorde and Paul Verlaine. She blogs at etchingsonthemirror.wordpress.com and tweets as @Nkay9