The kiss was unexpected.
The kiss was quite the surprise.
The kiss
was foreign to me
as it has been so long
since lips met mine
and I had experienced another’s tongue
in such shocking proximity.
It was foreign
but not unkind.

The kiss was quick
and wet
and smelt of honey
and tasted of raspberries
and felt like Cayanne pepper.
The kiss was Latin
in stature.

The kiss lasted not long.
The kiss suffered disclaimers.
The kiss was an exclamation
at the end of a short stanza
Punctuation of a proverb that nobody quite understood.

The kiss was not good
and
we need speak no more about it