Friday, May 10, 2024

Wearing white (2014)

  

It is always worse when she wears white

Not just her, any woman,

But with her mouth and eyes,

An added distraction,

I can’t stop staring,

A white blouse giving shape

To what my imagination

Has already painted,

That stirring beneath

I ache to see, to touch, to taste,

Stirring up the broth in me

That needs no more stirring,

Like frosting on a cake

I already ache to eat,

Not a sign of virginity

The way the nuns used to tell me,

Nor the symbol of a bridal purity,

But the moment of things

Underneath drawing out of me

The most primal of urges,

That keeps me from thinking

Of anything else,

Even her eyes, even her lips,

When she comes in wearing white

My brain freezes and all I can think of

Is getting underneath


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