Graphite

Coffee stains on your tongue On your tongue, coffee stains Beehive stings in your blood In your blood, beehive stings Beehive stings Graphite rubs between your thumb Between your thumb and your paper Graphite digs into your palm Into your palm, graphite digs Oh the memory been given me Light translucent song Oh the memories been given me Beneath the layers of skin from 40 years Oh the memories been given me Stained remains of bees Stents in place at sixty five Trust your thighs, life keeps going Beehive sting into your palm Warmed by blood, warmed by friction Warmed by blood, you remember Oh the memory been given me Dark and heavy drone Oh the memories been given me Writ surprise your palm at 85 Oh the memories, capillaries Stained remains of bees