| Desire |
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You needn’t be old | 1 |
to have lived too long, | 2 |
nor need you be jaded | 3 |
to be old. | 4 |
Desire will weary you soon enough | 5 |
whether or not you hide in the idyll of the mind. | 6 |
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Try walking under a full moon at eventide | 7 |
she will taunt you like silver lingerie: | 8 |
soon, you will be lusting over lunar luxuries | 9 |
whether or not you choose an idol of another kind. | 10 |
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Her muzzle is warm and itchy | 11 |
like the muzzle of a horse, | 12 |
yet taunting as the muzzle of a gun. | 13 |
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Never mind that puckered lips play you like the flute: | 14 |
let the music slip you into it – | 15 |
A sensuous syringe | 16 |
she’ll drain you of daytime dross | 17 |
locked in mental monasteries. | 18 |
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Reach, my friend, through ruptured fantasies | 19 |
ravage victuals like Jerusalem | 20 |
and when your taste wane as those of Solomon | 21 |
with the ceasing of the wishes wafting from their yearning well, | 22 |
then sip turpentine like wine! | 23 |
Rape another’s mind and plagiarize their thoughts | 24 |
for your hair is starker than obscenities in synagogues: | 25 |
white as a baby’s sclera. | 26 |
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If you are so lucky as to revamp your ravenousness | 27 |
remember, there’s always your flesh. | 28 |
But most of all my friend, | 29 |
remember to forget that | 30 |
though yin may balance yang | 31 |
Yen is but herself. | 32 |
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