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harlot's canto
wife, lover, whore: she walks many roads.
she labors as a woman does, to till the garden & gather
a raw harvest. to wash away the dirt & the crossings of
worms from the red & green bounty. to set a fair table &
feed the ones who hunger, in her house of straw.
she gives everything of herself, to the hands of the familiar,
(to the kiss of a stranger) when she lies in bed with a man.
she does not repent nor even name her sins, when she lies
in bed alone. she bears many crosses: wife. lover. whore.
she says, if I call you, will you come?
I’m in a dark & lonely place, I tell her, you won’t find me.
and she says, I will find you.
being selfish, I take what she gives me. I take her love, & I
take her sex. she is wild like the wilderness, she is wet like
the rain, & she blows like the wind…
my desire is hard, my passion is erect. she reveals her entire
beauty, naked, as I am naked. pretty, as men have not
acknowledged. the ash of dead fires is in the aspect of her eyes;
the coppered filigree of cherry blossoms is in her hair.
she raids my brooding deportment like a pirate, intimidating me
with her fingers, her tongue & nipples. her toes make seismatic
shocks on my legs.
this strange gift that I carry inside me, this dolorous stream of
melted bitterroot, she tells me she wants it.
she calls me lover, she calls me adorable, she calls me hers.
she calls me she calls me! and I come…
when we lie together in subdued euphoria, she asks for almost
nothing, but the one thing she craves is greater than my everything.
I’ve searched inside my heart, & the gloaming there cannot be
penetrated, even with lanterns.
love is spectacularly an art, & I am but a broken soldier…
(Artist unknown)
Published 21st Aug 2016
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21st Aug 2016 9:14pm
'being selfish, I take what she gives me. I take her love, & I
take her sex. she is wild like the wilderness, she is wet like
the rain, & she blows like the wind… '
Stunning work,John. So beautiful
take her sex. she is wild like the wilderness, she is wet like
the rain, & she blows like the wind… '
Stunning work,John. So beautiful
21st Aug 2016 9:14pm
" pretty, as men have not
acknowledged. the ash of dead fires is in the aspect of her eyes;
the coppered filigree of cherry blossoms is in her hair."
utterly seductive ink sound like my kind of woman John..
love Crim
acknowledged. the ash of dead fires is in the aspect of her eyes;
the coppered filigree of cherry blossoms is in her hair."
utterly seductive ink sound like my kind of woman John..
love Crim
22nd Aug 2016 2:02am
22nd Aug 2016 12:07pm
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22nd Aug 2016 9:10pm
A broken soldier with a heart of darkness. The harlot asks for nothing, but is paid with some very memorable lines.
22nd Aug 2016 10:07pm
Anonymous
22nd Aug 2016 11:09pm
Sir John, I had my popcorn for this one...loved these lines!
"she gives everything of herself, to the hands of the familiar,
(to the kiss of a stranger) when she lies in bed with a man.
she does not repent nor even name her sins, when she lies
in bed alone. she bears many crosses: wife. lover. whore."
With love always - Taryn xoxo
"she gives everything of herself, to the hands of the familiar,
(to the kiss of a stranger) when she lies in bed with a man.
she does not repent nor even name her sins, when she lies
in bed alone. she bears many crosses: wife. lover. whore."
With love always - Taryn xoxo
23rd Aug 2016 9:45am
23rd Aug 2016 7:40pm
Anonymous
23rd Aug 2016 8:32pm
What she wants, you cannot give.
What you want..she cannot give.
The irony of love!
What you want..she cannot give.
The irony of love!
