iterations [normal for boys] 1. Twin hands long like rubbed lavender on flesh. A dragon-patterned hem withholds tangled dreams. When he speaks to his wife I hear her veins rush. ...it's normal for boys to peek and whisper. 2. [Two] hands [loathe to rub] lavender against armflesh. A dragon-patterned hem [seeps out from my sleeves.] When he [calls me] his wife I [feel a quick flush.] ...it's [healthy] for boys to leak and whimper. 3. Twin [dragons], long across [ribbons of] lavender flesh. [In patterns arabesque, with hand a dream I sketch.] [Speech slicks across my guts like glacier into river.] ...it's [natural] for [that] to leak and [quiver]. 4. Twin [ribbons] [piston slowly into finger-petaled] flesh. [I fail stifling urine as I tumble-cough a breath.] [Words termed for girls embed into my gash like fledgling skewers.] ...it's natural for [boys] [with leaks to whimper].