I can tell from a man's eyes
Whether he will ever
Be my lover
 
On roads, in buses, at friends' houses
Sometimes my eyes are pinned to
Vulnerable faces
 
I know one of them
Will make me drown
In salty devastation
 
Bursting irresistibly through the noonday earth
A sweat-drenched back will rise
One day
 
I can tell all of this
When you've only just
Appeared on the stairs