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The Eclectic Pen - Swim

By: Eva L. (wearetrees)   + 37 more  
Date Submitted: 6/5/2008
Last Updated: 6/5/2008
Genre: Literature & Fiction » Poetry
Words: 208
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The majestic silence of ghost gums stand sentry to the voice of the earth smudged along the curbside – we flow south, south-east disembark Shoes, native poppies in native hand I remember the heat the sun on my back the flush just after the sting rush of blood like vigorous rain on an old oak trembling for the goddess - That diamond river swallowed me whole, compelled me to kneel hurl my life into its throat. The song of light in its sparkling monastery watery gaze of its guppy republic under the rim, witnesses to my muscles rigged heartbeat haunted head- When he bent low to touch me, my god I sighed so loud tossed my eyes skyward ankles scuffed on stone, hard jewels and hunger The awesome island of my desire struck me like a pulse like a predator a pilgrim startled by the body's bounty its sorrow like a bayou. These muscles burn like beggars after heat, water, dirt relief sex like illumination. I saw the split, Savored the unbearable longing to leave him, lurch through space Cut my skin on his bones, his cheeks chafe my face across his sentient eyes legs like roots - his lust for me viscous in my hibernating veins. I lied to him spoke a long time to no one, saw nothing attempted my life on the page - some conscrescence My tongue no longer burning, My body not yet ash

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