A shock of hair that pulls him nearer until cold
the first sensation he thought then hard
until the tip of his nose whitens
and he bounces his gaze
from one opposite eye to its adjacent orb.

He breathes long hot breaths
until a foggy wet
thin gauze shrouds the pair.
He squeezes his own and arches back
and sneezes four crimson specks
from his alabaster nose.