Ritual
On rainy nights you want me to cross dress
as a wench
wretched in poignancy
a white scarf over my head
you nickname me
little white riding hood
Repetition of rain
a ritual done according to weather
becomes a routine
Smokeless
no chanting monk
no statue that looks
religiously ridiculous
just a bed on which white circles
of down feathers are ready to be
flung
on which I kneel between your legs
prescribed to peruse your scrotum
finding where your soul resides
meanwhile you hold a pen and add
my name onto your scroll of sacrifice
I know your artifice
as I know thunders follow lightning
I learn from nature
from how wind blows
from how bees suck nectar
You dribble on my white scarf
rolls your hollow eyes
Sermonic rains splash on windowpanes
so do suicidal dragonflies
Bio: Nicholas YB Wong is the winner of Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition (Oct 2010) and a nominee for Best of the Net 2010 and Best of Web 2011 Anthologies. His poetry is forthcoming in Assaracus: Journal of Gay Poetry, Prime Number Magazine, San Pedro River Review, Pirene’s Fountain, Third Wednesday, Lambda Literary Foundation, Mascara Literary Review and the Sentinel Champion Series. He is currently a poetry editor for THIS Literary Magazine. Visit him at http://nicholasybwong.weebly.com