from STAMEN
loom's filament
(on a given page)
the car immobilized
by pedestrians
hollow elevators wait
stowed in a locker;
board a bus
never matter
the temblor's slight
clatter. traipse lightly
stick gently to concrete asphalt
being correct-ly salted
on a playing field;
a shoulder, not
an easy form. the natural
surprise of
the male mammary,
stammering, glamor
jump and twis mid-air
say location, motives never moved
kitchen prayer, angling for a lips'
folded message:
glistpaveoutmort(ared)
sprunrelig(c)studiesformer
wasatchwasachwosuch
lumenpars(e)recipient
streakfidfars(i)
segmentsedgesedulous
fort(e)flintfortunesin glass
prized,prismaendemic
antheria
entourage unnamed; spectacle day
lites, pantsy fantasies of fingers
reading, small teeth beseeching
beggars' pale ruddy complexion
connecting mammals with
chrome handles. stirring,
waving cadet balloonist
fears the next mouthed commands
shapeless, sunless, phosphorescent, wheel alignment,grandeur, deceit
erase.
defaming venues of ardor - plum-like, gullies of difference - not
feeling but acting, not enough but its commensurate.
take my speckled leg in your arms
button stuck on my tongue, caught lips fumble,
rumble
no more legends in bed,
such exhaust
she wants her own breasts for pearls
a string of trollops. decked expectation.
each shock of hair stands toward
that final surprise radiated in finger tips.
Carolyn Kemp
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