draft

Retention

The sleigh is full of suitcases

Suitcases full of mammaries

These mammaries weigh me down

The sleigh is a wooden toboggan
that’s never been waxed

I never saw a sleigh trip
over a snowflake before
nor been quite so charmed by
a song about child abuse

Lugging around this extra weight
makes glaciers seem speedy
--that one over there,
I’ve named it “Lucas’s Ejaculation”

An only recollection of a one-time sweetheart