Caroline Herrera blends with your pheromones
and I inhale the intermingled scent of you,
like smoke signals rising from a ridge
across the great valley of grief I reside in,

and I inhale the intermingled scent of you.
Desire I had forgotten, a hummingbird hovering
above this great valley of grief I reside in,
my brother and sister sliding down the ravine.

Desire I had forgotten, a hummingbird hovering
in the trees. Your eyes gentle when you look at me.
My brother and sister sliding down the ravine,
grabbing at branches, still saved from the abyss

by the trees. Your eyes gentle when you look at me—
I’ve scheduled genetic testing. The sudden shift
grabbing at branches, still saved from the abyss
in my family history, has raised the crows.

In this sudden shift, I’ve scheduled genetic testing.
Caroline Herrera blends with your pheromones.
My family history has raised the crows
like smoke signals rising from a distant ridge.