Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Skeleton

Fingers maneuver gently,

tickling lobes, adjusting pony-tail,

or picking nose as appropriate. Each touch

precedes the surface


it encounters: I create

with caresses, construct particles

contrary to physics in milliseconds

of contact with you.


Alas, I touch but so much.

For hours I've mapped the topography,

surveyed terrain, tracked the curve of every space

with kisses, yet


some part remains unfathomed

beneath body I hold, this whole I

grasp so tightly. I want for the structure of

the thing, to know its


core, iron support,limestone

foundation; bone, skull, scaffolding.

I search and shuffle through blueprints and atlas

to find the missing set.


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