I enjoyed this very much, Gary.
Different!
bw
SallyE
on 19/5/03 4:31 pm, Gary Blankenship at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Rugs
>
> You become lost in the rug's patterns,
> your hair woven into the weave
> tangled with lion manes and zebra tails.
>
> Your fingers knot around the fringe,
> your toes dig into leaves that decorate
> gardens overgrown with silver thread.
>
> Your thigh blocks a river's meander,
> borders flooded, bears and elephants
> driven to crowd the palace's jade gates.
>
> Your shoulders dislodge lily petals
> and knock lotus askew to drift down
> your breasts, tickled by silk and roses.
>
> You are lost in the carpet shop,
> victim of another red tag, closing sale,
> seventy percent off, free delivery, financing.
>
> *The store manager asks you to leave,
> your gyrations testing discounted rugs
> more than his heart and mores can take.
>
> We turn south towards Starbucks,
> past a shop full of wooden furniture,
> a cherry wood loveseat in the window.*
>
> Your hands roam across oiled backs,
> your legs clasp solid limbs.
>
>
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