the good humor of lost moments

The compounds are very effective: shudder-sighed/mid-pucker/under-thighs. Should "peet" be "peat"? The "fabric" metaphor is skilfully deployed, almalgamating ideas of cover-up, and fabrication - the truth put under wraps. For me, the piece suggests inappropriate undermining of genuine feeling: a mis-fired levity and insensitivity. On the other hand, the "romance" seems quashed by "desire"; lust over-rides love; but there's an ambivalence, a sense of loss. It's a very sensuous piece with the sensation of rough bark on thighs, the caress of ferns, the smells of the fecund forest and the symbolic cries of hawks. Your use of language and poetic device seems well honed, and delivers an exciting and original turn of phrase.....Rgds.,Alan.