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This Kind of Hunger - (Poem)
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From "Riding the Absolute"

THIS KIND OF HUNGER

Love poems notwithstanding
I go for the possibility of
your eyes
your arms
your implacable breasts

This kind of hunger
draws us to the center
before any chance of warning
to the archives of flesh & seed

This kind of hunger starves the blood

We trace the contours of our total
universe, your paradise of flowers
& undiscovered streams,
my unruly itch

It is more than possibility:
some ravenous motive takes shape
inside you

I am about to undo the dark red of it
you are so brittle & unsuspecting

I am about to commit love

There are no accidents between us --
we are a collision of swollen words
your hair is a metaphor caressing me
your eyes brown crystals

How I love to awake & find you
doing unprintable
& sacred things with your mouth

Unexpected Light

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 Reviews of "This Kind of Hunger - (Poem)"
Reviewed by A. Sperry
Reviewed on December 29, 2001
This brings back vivid memories. I truly can place myself within your poem... wrap myself around it and embrace it. Such is always a sign of greatness. You are an amazing writer.

Reviewed by The Smoking Poet
Reviewed on December 18, 2001
Exquisite.

Reviewed by Gregory Sonn (Reader)
Reviewed on December 13, 2001
Hi Roger,
Love poems not withstanding this is an excellent one. I particularly love
"undo the dark red of it" very nice wording. You are guilty of commiting love!
As charged! good stuff. Gregg


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