box with string pt ii

...........we are
...that tangle of arms--
discomfortless and
..pleasing like...........little green
turtle-doves-- that
.....gives us our name: friends.

if you wish to talk,
............I will be all grapefruit shadings
my mouth and seashell ears
ready to talk ...........................with you,
and if you'd rather be quiet,
my eggshell lips will seal, darling, over
with silent membranes; I will never
..................say a word.

when you are tired,
..................I will be pale-whiskered secrets;
....I'll be gentle like ............................a lamb in the bible
and if you wake up
.....................................sometime
................to me

I'll be
...a little red-and-gold nametag
......that gives us a newer name
.........................in a box....................with string