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Through stranger's eyes
03:57
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Through stranger's eyes
Together in our breakfast nook,
We scan the Sunday news.
Familiar rattles, shakes and flicks
Against the radio.
Our weekends all unfold like this,
Sunk into ritual
Our routine so predictable
We have no need to speak.
I can't remember anymore
How you appear
Through stranger's eyes.
I saw you in the restaurant,
Looked like a business lunch.
Your hands up-raised, two birds in flight,
Wide avid eyes between.
You dived to scoop from shared dessert,
Then paused to make your pitch.
The mousse a-tremble on your spoon,
Your gaze was holding his.
I caught again forgotten glimpse
How you appear
Through stranger's eyes.
Remember when
We lit that spark?
First faced to face,
Background erased
Daring to bridge the arc?
Soft as the gleam
In phosphor swell
The circuit closed
Fresh current flowed
Full through each others arms.
You sat before your vanity.
The door was left ajar.
Your gaze, so deep into the glass
I couldn't recognize.
And when you fiddled with your hair
And touched so soft, your throat
You seemed to be making a plea
Beyond the mirror's plane.
Too clearly then I understood
How you appear
Through stranger's eyes.
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2. |
Meander
04:38
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3. |
Utter 1
02:22
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4. |
Utter 2
02:38
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5. |
Utter 3
03:25
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6. |
Utter 4
03:55
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7. |
Utter 5
04:14
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8. |
Utter 6
04:13
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9. |
Utter 7
03:36
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10. |
Utter 8
03:15
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11. |
Utter 9
02:59
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12. |
Cat's perfume
03:52
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Cat's perfume
My wool and silk disguise the she-wolf hid within.
With granny cap and bustle, sheath the wild and raw,
Tuck in protruding nose and ears, conceal the curves.
Retreat from glaring eyes and curiosity
Spare those who cannot help but be consumed with lust,
Who misconstrue and stain the pure as prurient.
Shrug off the hide
Unbutton threads
Unhook the stays and ties
To rush headlong down shadowed forest path,
Let crowding undergrowth scratch up my legs.
Lungs rasp, rough tongue lolling loose
Between slathered canine fangs.
From rock to scarp ascend,
Then loose the long pent howl.
A cat’s perfume disguises mermaid hid within,
A dab of earthy musk to mask the waft of fish.
Modestly cloak wet slipp’ry flesh, conceal the tail.
Retreat from glaring eyes and curiosity
Spare those who cannot help but be consumed with lust,
Who misconstrue and stain the pure as prurient.
Unclasp my pearls
Shell buttons, loose
Release the whale bone waist
And wade with slow sure steps into the surf,
Foam sucking at my calves, wet knees, and thighs:
Brute shock, bitter penetrates.
Hold still, thrust, a graceful plunge.
Stroke deep ‘till lungs crave air
Then burst up into light.
Restored unto my nat’ral shape,
Head fizzing, crawl up desert shore.
Let dry in peace my clean-washed flesh,
Then wrap afresh in meek disguise,
Soft silk and wool, with crimson hood.
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