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