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aft thine harrowing eyes
I am made of sex & poetry, & for all of that,
there may be no room for love.
I’ve known dirty women, they revealed secret sinful desires in
explicit details, & showed me the absolute nakedness of their
exquisite flesh. flesh for fantasy.
with them I hunted the communals & banes of ardent sex, & thru
them I achieved a tempest of orgasms; they told me they did the
same, & I believed them. & having taken what we came for, all
that’s left of euphoria are goodnight kisses & soiled paper towels.
I’ve known sad women, their hearts & their bodies, but lust & love
dissolve into silence, & something took them away.
in my long nights of solitude, I pursued a kindred lover. I named
her beautiful, & I named her sorrow. she has learned my anger &
therefore solicits my abuse, because hard sex is the only sex I’m
capable of. & I call to her, but my voice is smashed on a mountain.
I have known lonely women,
knew their names & their nudity
and something took them away.
and I suppose they weep & say
something took him away…
(Art: Raoul Ubac)
Published 17th Sep 2016
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17th Sep 2016 3:35am
Such a sad and lonely write,John. Beautiful words earning my tears once again.
Excellent choice of art,as always.
Excellent choice of art,as always.
17th Sep 2016 5:06am
The first two lines drew me in immediately and your words kept me captivated till the end!
I’ve known sad women, their hearts & their bodies, but lust & love
dissolve into silence, & something took them away > my favorite lines!
I love the fact that "something took them away" is open for several interpretations...
Beautiful last lines (love the 'repetition') to a poem that took my breath away!
I’ve known sad women, their hearts & their bodies, but lust & love
dissolve into silence, & something took them away > my favorite lines!
I love the fact that "something took them away" is open for several interpretations...
Beautiful last lines (love the 'repetition') to a poem that took my breath away!
17th Sep 2016 10:59am
John i'm one of those dirty women who likes sex rough.. seductive poetry..
love Crim
love Crim
17th Sep 2016 8:01pm
Wowed once again by your magnificent pen. .Exquisite Scribe as always John
Anonymous
17th Sep 2016 9:30pm
this is beautifully sad, feddeler.
and i understand it quite well.
and i understand it quite well.
18th Sep 2016 4:55pm
Sometimes, love gets in the way of good sex, but without love, the sex really isn't worth it !
Anonymous
19th Sep 2016 4:30am
Sir John...I found this of course sad but brilliantly honest in its story....
"with them I hunted the communals & banes of ardent sex, & thru
them I achieved a tempest of orgasms; they told me they did the
same, & I believed them. & having taken what we came for, all
that’s left of euphoria are goodnight kisses & soiled paper towels."
Amazing poetry is what you always gift us with and I thank you.
With love always - Taryn xoxo
"with them I hunted the communals & banes of ardent sex, & thru
them I achieved a tempest of orgasms; they told me they did the
same, & I believed them. & having taken what we came for, all
that’s left of euphoria are goodnight kisses & soiled paper towels."
Amazing poetry is what you always gift us with and I thank you.
With love always - Taryn xoxo
19th Sep 2016 3:02pm
I think this poem is better suited to the erotic category, if only because it feels genuinely erotic, as opposed to a lot of the crass bottom-feeding porn that labels itself as that genre. I tend to read poems on this site aloud to give them their full potential as pieces of crafted language, and this one flowed smoothly, despite (or maybe because of) its rambling free-verse structure. I particularly enjoyed the difficult but successful blend of high poetic imagery (mountains, solitude, kindred, all those romantic words) with vulgarity (those soiled paper towels), thereby expressing both the high and low appeals of sex, the fantasy and the reality, depending on your perspective. Thank you for the read. - Jack xxx
