Which is to Say,

that the tree on the drive home
from your apartment
with the yellowed light leaves
masquerading as flowers,
and the sloped yard that i kissed
with my right front tire
and your mouth,
my god,
your mouth

and

i wonder what we have in common
when naked

if your body curves in the same places as mine

if it aches when pressed like mine
if it wants a suckbitekisslick
like mine

and

at dawn,
the sky goes coral,
like your lips,
and i wanna kiss
kiss kiss
it purple again

Dereka Thomas is a young writer from Fairburn, Georgia. She is currently earning both her MFA in Creative Fiction Writing and her MA in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University at Bloomington. Prior to this, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in English: Creative Writing at Colorado College. Dereka has previously been published in Nectar Poetry.