Love Song for Dylan II

Teaser for my upcoming chap, 'Knuckles, Ribs, Phalanges'. Trials of a teenage girl falling in love with a gay man.

i.

God took me out back
and shot me through the foot
before the race,
hobbling me over to the starting line
he whispered in my ear
'It's unmanly to cry".

I imagine he castrated me
on a whim, scrapped his original plans
of a Christopher or a Simon
gouged out my c**k
and nudged in my testicles -
thought I was better suited
to a life of eggs.

'thumbprint of God,' my a*s -

He pressed in my chest
to stretch the dough
into miserable breasts
at the last second
before serving me up.

Just to raise the stakes
He decided to bend you,
saddling you with a preference
for Playgirl in-womb.

ii.

Am i the only woman
you would even
allow your mind to unfold?
I tremble in your presence
the catch of teeth
on your lip,
a catch in my breath.

Sometimes I wonder -
you allow your throat
to be tattooed with furtive touches.
Is that God in you,
throwing me a bone?

I steal sidelong glances
as you smoke,
long to press
my fingertips
like violets
on the edge of your mouth.

You permit me
to command your space -
to cling at your elbow
interlacing my fingers with yours

I watch men
jealously,
snarling at their potential
and snorting

at their blindness,

all hands
but no will
to hold.



 

Author's Note

not open for critique; comments encouraged.

Reviews

[Autumn Twilight]

Wow! You're really seventeen? That was an amazing poem. I've never read anything quite like this before. it was really wonderful.

[FR Toscano]

Totally amazing. Seventeen?

Wish I had the ability to write like when I was your age.

[Wildecat]

I thought this was an excellent poem, a pleasure to read your poetry.

[SayG'NightGrac[i]e]

wow... the first part especially, I love. No critique needed. It's amazing as is.