Xiu Xiu

how did I end up herecurled up on this couch?
where did you learn such a bold winkwhisking me off
to your bedroom?mousey toythis continent is lit by
the holocaustbeneath my ribs
(between my lips)mousey toyhow did two tiny ribbons
untieand unfold into a lime tree?
then to darken a room for other mena dove hit mid-flight turns away