Exclusively Worn

Pipe cleaner dreams eased back
through the number of loops on the rise
steadily twined
round the digit that probes furthest into bodies that hum rather than click
gargantuan men
banned from smoking
still with burnt heads
ages later
peerless
white tied – chalked – roped and blown
raised in orange winds
hurtling plumes similar to those in which they once gave rise
when fibers were something exclusively worn

J.S