Desert Hearts, 1985
Dir. Donna Deitch
flying backwards down the highway
blue shirt knotted at the waist
when desire hunts she says: I’m interested
casino. bath. dance.
the soft bisexual lighting at Pyramid Lake
kissing through an open car window in the rain
when you ask your love for something, make it small:
not for all their life, but, from the train:
“ ... forty more minutes with you.”
Source: Poetry (January/February 2026)