fix position: inaudible.

lie on your chest for the first time: 77 bpm.

match my breath with yours: 19 bpm.

trace your name onto your kneecap: 71 bpm.

you take a deep breath in: 64 bpm.

my breath stutters.

the beating is confident, strong, stable.

i can almost hear the slushing of blood

moving through arteries buried deep.

your hand cups around my shoulder: 62 to 68 bpm.

you love the smoothness of my nails,

rubbing them like genie bottles.

(10/7/20)