some people are just

bad in the blood, baby,

some people’s hearts pump

kerosene, gasoline,

thick hot tar.

some people bleed tree sap,

maple syrup,

grape juice or superglue

or clean river water –

some people scrape their knees

and watch champagne bubble up

through their skin.

i bite my tongue –
my frostbitten tongue -

and i taste 
salt brine.

do your veins run hot, my love?
do your bloody knuckles steam?
can you teach me how to thaw
the ice floe lodged between my ribs?

Nathaniel Orion G. K. (via nathanielorion)