this is outstanding. lush, & outstanding.
KS
On 16/05/07, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My earthen bride
>
> whose lovers sink their blackstick fingers
>
> whose thighs gutter the sailing world
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> whose mouth strains the air of impurity
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> whose whims are silk-quartz unbound from clay
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> dendrites of gold and of moss marking their surface
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> whose ankles strain above the piazza loreto cobbles
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> whose mouth is smooth agate, and births onyx
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> whose fingers are rosemary and blood
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> whose vision coloured and colourless as mirth
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> gags our lies half-spoken, our helpless, virtuous lies,
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> our lies meaning well, or meaning ill:
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> I search, I am searching for you, at dawn at dusk
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> among the thrusting mushrooms, in the wet grasses
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> along the sandy courses, the shilling-edged ravines
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> through the prickly acacia, the boxthorn and rose-apple
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> among the grey horses, the black and the bay
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> along their steaming flanks, avoiding the carnelian eye
>
> seeking to touch your forehead with my partisan thumbs
>
> though I am worn thin, the sun moving steadily from me
>
> and sweetness becoming the vaguer emotion...
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