Synonyms for a LoveBite

I am 22 and just wanna feel good 

I wanna feel fucking 

perfect like my body still belongs to me 

A synonym for a love bite 

I’d settle even for just an arm tease  

when I think of places I want to get married 

I think about the fenced in 

Or how cold eggs feel 

sometimes when no one is looking 

I steal something white and plump and squeeze it in my fist

I fall asleep with the lights on

worried I'll wake up with premature wrinkles

Last week I dreamt I was on a boat and woke up dizzy

Last night I dreamt I had a kid but she looked like 

All those white girls on TV who don't eat breakfast

To be brown means to be incomplete 

Today a man followed me on the street 

Screaming something about these women 

These women and their babies 

speaking on behalf of everyone 

Wants to belong 

Wants to be loved  

The night in the alley

Me, you, and one pink puddle on the concrete

How I found a home in our sock collection

Said I've missed you with my tongue 

Apologized without my lips

In this dirty dream my body works perfectly just for you 

Published in Contemporary Verse 2, 2023