Lightning bolt: mute, before the thunder. Like lovers are dumb before a kiss. Out of chaos, skies emerge, wanting us to capture them. We're sick of snubbing the chill. We are wet. We have no shame, it has us. We wear the bones we're sure to die with. We hope that they remember pleasure. We hear the ghost of our mothers' voices telling us to be flawless, to be very, very clever. Our skin can't take the ache of the hunger for other skin. We crave it badly, hanker for it fiercely, Think of it when we're bathing, dream of it when we're drunk. I'm still waiting for proof that says it's safer outdoors than not. In translation, the Chinese call wind \"moving air.\" It moves viciously, teasing us, Bitter that we aren't as stupid as the trees.