"Self-Portrait As CD" by Josephine Desir
Who else makes your nostalgia sparkle like lust?
Who else sets the light to beaming an artificial aurora鈥�
cyan magenta lilac blush?
I鈥檒l only let you touch me if you touch me like the tongue-red
glow of a 780-nanometer wavelength laser:
if you make me whirl until I鈥檓 giddy,
lacquer beading off into sweet rainbow sweat,
your heart and my spiral track pulsing in sync. If you make me dance
as hard as you danced.
So what if I鈥檓 scratched? If I skip? If I stutter,
I want you to know what I said.
I鈥檒l only let you touch me if you want to know me by heart.
Josephine Desir is definitely an actual human being. She enjoys human pastimes such as eating foods, drinking liquids, and wearing clothing items.