čežnja u Montpellieru (Longing in Montpellier)

Under a clear Occitanian sky

The daylight moon reveals a

Secret desire buried below

Marble maisons and coral quartz

Quarantined more than a fortnight.

Slip silk smooth on your balcony 

I dream of touching your breasts

Stepping off serpentine cobblestone to

Take in your velvet voice and

Mostarian imagination.

A glass of cassis dans la Place reminds me the solstice cannot come soon enough.

-Montpellier, France 10 juin 2019