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smoke dust sins
maybe I found what you’re looking for
you touched yourself & you cried in your sleep
before you ever knew it was lost
I come to you when you’re writing
put my hands on you in a certain way
you should say ‘wait’
you should say ‘this is art & you’ll ruin it’
instead you stop, you submit to my craving
I know you – I know how you want it
your body that trembling, & your eyes that look
vulgar kisses, hard wet probing
an arrogance of industrial maneuvers
your agony is my bliss
& your fingers are my fingers
bland walls, the train running late, & blue smoke
blue as a room at the Chelsea Hotel
the sound & silence of your naked lips
I invade the skill of your flesh without poetry
we were never a poem but a man & a woman
as new rains fall from an ancient sky
we become the thunder & the lightning
& if ever I dreamed a lover, it was you – it was you
nowhere have I travelled where love was more than a song
& sex was the only way to hear it
alluvials trailed behind & pebbled the road ahead
as I chased by lantern light my impossible spirit
the well of sorrow where I stopped to drink
was a bar that seduced me in the company of whores
my heart was taken by the brooding ghosts of Gomorrah
& returned when I danced the last symphony to the end of night
this thing that I give you is the simple verse of my life
the passion that lets you sleep without crying
because I’m holding you
maybe I found what you’re looking for...
(Artist unknown)
Published 15th Nov 2016
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15th Nov 2016 8:16am
'this thing that I give you is the simple verse of my life
the passion that lets you sleep without crying
because I’m holding you
maybe I found what you’re looking for... '
Never before have I seen such a lovely shade of sadness, but there it is, you have found it and it is beautiful, John....
the passion that lets you sleep without crying
because I’m holding you
maybe I found what you’re looking for... '
Never before have I seen such a lovely shade of sadness, but there it is, you have found it and it is beautiful, John....
15th Nov 2016 9:13am
There's a lot tenderness here
Stunning portrait on West 23rd Street
The Chelsea Hotel
They drink blood there you know
It tastes like sex from the 1970s
Amazing writing John
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Stunning portrait on West 23rd Street
The Chelsea Hotel
They drink blood there you know
It tastes like sex from the 1970s
Amazing writing John
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15th Nov 2016 10:08am
15th Nov 2016 11:57am
15th Nov 2016 2:57pm
ah another fine and wet and slinky feather in your smutty cap JF my friend, done well and well done
DUP's King of Noir. You wear the crown well, my friend.
The verse is beautifully fulfilling in prophetic longing of a man to quell a woman's desire in more ways than just the flesh. But the Spiritual and emotional as well.
Beautifully done.
The verse is beautifully fulfilling in prophetic longing of a man to quell a woman's desire in more ways than just the flesh. But the Spiritual and emotional as well.
Beautifully done.
15th Nov 2016 6:14pm
You have no interest in being a (male) muse, offering inspiration that has nothing to do with her art. So:
instead you stop, you submit to my craving
I know you – I know how you want it
your body that trembling, & your eyes that look
vulgar kisses, hard wet probing
an arrogance of industrial maneuvers
your agony is my bliss
& your fingers are my fingers
Hopefully she'll resume the write and furnish her own perspective on this. Provocative work, beautifully penned.
instead you stop, you submit to my craving
I know you – I know how you want it
your body that trembling, & your eyes that look
vulgar kisses, hard wet probing
an arrogance of industrial maneuvers
your agony is my bliss
& your fingers are my fingers
Hopefully she'll resume the write and furnish her own perspective on this. Provocative work, beautifully penned.
15th Nov 2016 6:54pm
This is seriously impressive.. wish I had more words to convey the feelings it provoked in me :)
15th Nov 2016 10:39pm
And this happened! Yes! Thank you for this, John. Every word, every line....my pulse was racing. You're THE master! 😊
Anonymous
16th Nov 2016 00:31am
This stole breath from me and I was savoring each word, fingertips entwined together anxious for each and ever next line...a most excellent job as always...With love always - xoxo
16th Nov 2016 00:53am
What a great title.... I love that fifth paragraph, it flows meltingly.....
