Things that can be erotic, a list:
• stepping out in clothes you know you look good in
• a gym in a working class neighborhood
• a conversation had just for the pleasure of it
• dancing with strangers in a queer bar
• hot chocolate on a cold morning

• a well written book in a well made edition
• someone explaining something to you that they care about
• a cat perched on your shoulder
• the sun filtering through trees
• preparing food for friends
• a meeting that may or may not be a date

• giving directions to an elegant stranger on the street
• men who take care of themselves
• getting high with ppl you love and trust
• climbing the big hill on your bike and riding down again
• plunging into the waves
• observing a mosquito bite you

• just a little too much chili
• a leather jacket, well worn
• the sound of a cello, also: bass guitar
• a gesture that you can't quite read
• making a new friend
• the cigarette, after

• a stroll through a place u don't speak the language
• your favorite brand of pencil
• putting your hands in dirt while gardening
• watching your friends fall in love
• observing someone do what they're good at
• an exchange of glances across the bar

• Autumn in New York
• 'Autumn in New York'
• the right shade of lipstick
• afternoon tea
• a small but perfect gift
• trans girls braving the beach

• classic movies, in the cinema
• sneaking in with a friend
• sharing a secret
• getting the lighting and music just right
• the gift of a really good mixtape
• a free afternoon, given over to wandering

• the smell of wet grass
• running thru the sprinklers
• a rendezvous in the other person's part of town
• a poem, read aloud, just for you
• making art with someone, even if its bad
• sharing your favorite part of the city
• the 'walk of shame,' done proudly

• a seagull hovering, still, in the wind
• the sun on your back, when its getting cool
• the courage to ask someone for what u want
• when they remember how you like your tea
• someone's harmless, inexplicable idiosyncrasy
• spontaneous plans
• a new friend's bookshelves

• mangoes, in season
• illegible genders, and preferences
• experience, worn lightly
• being asked just the right question
• revealing anecdotes that are not entirely true
• unpublished writing u are the 1st to know is good