Requests a kneading. Back bent over’s a
spined melon, a
          cool shape coursed
          warm under hands. Might slice in
sections and guide towards plotting points
          (The melon; the cutting of the melon, the bowl of
          salted melon flesh and its
          soaking innards and its soaking casing).

The bump tucked
up near the nape is touched, is then spread and
the sting’s thinned
          how a bleached
          scalp breathes in milk.