like when you take off your shirt

by the ocean and are engulfed

in warmth

the light you feel as touch

a shine within your pigments

that issues a vibrating and serene

stratum of warmth.

j.t. infanson is a poet from Long Island working in print and online publishing, with poetry appearing in Stone of Madness Press and Las Traumadas. Their work is influenced and inspired by Mari Evans, Gertrude Stein, June Jordan, so much music, and so many other writers.